Coronary bifurcation bench test using multimodality imaging: Impact of stent strut link location on stent deformity and jailed side-branch orifices during re-proximal optimizing technique.

The presence of a stent link at an SB ostium was not associated with a rate of malapposed struts and SB jailing ratio after the re-POT sequence. SB jailing ratio was significantly increased after second POT procedure, but was different among stent platforms. The Xience stent might minimize the change of SB jailing ratio and be suitable for coronary bifurcation stenting using re-POT sequence.