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Retrograde approach for rewiring a jailed side branch during double kissing crush stenting
Tarek Chami1, Madeline K Mahowald1, Emmanouil Brilakis1
1Minneapolis Heart Institute, Abbott Northwestern Hospital, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Abstract:
Double kissing crush (DK crush) is one of the preferred strategies for bifurcation stenting due to the lower risk of target vessel failure but can be difficult to perform. Difficulty in wiring the jailed side branch after stenting the main vessel is not uncommon. The retrograde crossing can provide a solution in selected cases when antegrade rewiring of a jailed side branch fails during DK crush (or other bifurcation stenting techniques).

