The “Crush” procedure is a 2-stent technique for the treatment of bifurcation lesions
with greater rates of in-stent restenosis than the Culotte technique. In conclusion,
we report a possible mechanism for this discrepancy in the case of severe Crush stent
fracture with associated focal restenosis identified by postmortem microcomputed tomography
and histologic examination.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 04, 2013
Accepted:
November 16,
2012
Received in revised form:
November 16,
2012
Received:
October 14,
2012
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