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What is a psb stent? what does psb stand for and what does it mean? is it a provisional stent or post stent balloon?
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Psb stent: see below https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20155479 The most common approach to treat atherosclerosis in coronary bifurcations is the provisional side-branch (PSB) stenting, which consists sequentially of the insertion of a stent in the main branch (MB) of the bifurcation and a dilatation of the side branch (SB) passing through the struts of the stent at the bifurcation. This approach can be
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