Experimental research

Maximal expansion capacity with current DES platforms: a critical factor for stent selection in the treatment of left main bifurcations?

EuroIntervention 2013;8:1315-1325 published online ahead of print October 2012. DOI: 10.4244/EIJV8I11A200

Nicolas Foin1*, MSc, PhD; Sayan Sen1, MD; Eduardo Allegria2, MD, PhD; Ricardo Petraco1, MD; Sukh Nijjer1, MD; Darrel P. Francis1, MD, PhD; Carlo Di Mario2 MD, PhD; Justin E. Davies1 MD, PhD

1. International Centre for Circulatory Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom; 2. Biomedical Research Unit, Royal Brompton & Harefield NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom

Aims: Left main stenting is increasingly performed and often involves deployment of a single stent across vessels with marked disparity in diameters. Knowing stent expansion capa

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