The Venture-balloon crush technique to treat a severely angulated bifurcation lesion via the radial approach--lessons learned.

ABSTRACT

We present the first described use of the Venture (St. Jude Medical Inc.) catheter to accomplish balloon crush stenting of a severely angulated bifurcation via the radial approach. We outline the lessons learned and pitfalls of performing percutaneous intervention to severely angulated bifurcations such as this one.