Double kissing crush: technical aspects and current considerations

ABSTRACT Percutaneous treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions remains a challenge, even with all advances in technique and materials available, such as hydrophilic guidewires, lower profile balloons and drug-eluting stents with new materials, thinner struts and less thrombogenic polymers. Despite these advances, little progress has been made in dedicated bifurcation stenting. The degree of technical difficulty and the lack of dedicated material result in higher rates of restenosis and stent thrombosis, especially in true bifurcation lesions, in which the therapeutic strategy [...]