OCT Guidance in Bifurcation Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Coronary bifurcation is defined by the European Bifurcation Consensus as a coronary artery stenosis adjacent to origin of significant side branch. Its anatomy composed 3 different segments: proximal main vessel, distal vessel and lesions are encountered in approximately 15–20% all percutaneous interventions constitute complex subgroup characterized lower procedural success rates higher adverse outcomes. In recent years, growing focus Japanese club meetings has been emerging role intravascular imaging, guiding successful (PCI). this review we will present ways optical coherence tomography (OCT) can be used improve outcomes during PCI.