Comparison of kissing dilating by cutting balloon and stenting for patients with bifurcated lesions / 中国介入心脏病学杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To determine the effect and feasibility of kissing dilating with cutting balloon and conventional balloon for bifurcated lesions Methods We divided 34 patients with true bifurcated stenosis into cutting ballon group (13 patients) and stenting group (21 patients) Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) was performed before and immediately after the interventional procedure Several indexes including minimal lumen diameter, external vessel crossectional area, lumen crossectional area, plaque crossectional area, vessel/lumen diameter and %diameter stenosis were calculated, respectively Results In cutting balloon group, more common lesions were found in left anterior descending artery and first diagonal (43 5% vs 28 9%, P