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. 2016 Sep 29;2016:1702454. doi: 10.1155/2016/1702454

Table 2.

Surface integrals of OSI for 3 considered stenting techniques under different bifurcation angle conditions.

OSI, ×10−6 m2 Normalized OSI
Bifurcation angle = 70°
 Crossover stenting only 4.75 1.00
 Crossover stenting followed by final kissing balloon angioplasty 4.88 1.03
 Precise stent placement 5.06 1.07
Bifurcation angle = 90°
 Crossover stenting only 5.11 1.08
 Crossover stenting followed by final kissing balloon angioplasty 5.74 1.21
 Precise stent placement 6.32 1.33
Bifurcation angle = 110°
 Crossover stenting only 5.43 1.14
 Crossover stenting followed by final kissing balloon angioplasty 6.08 1.28
 Precise stent placement 7.27 1.53

OSI, oscillatory shear index; the calculated subregion of bifurcation sites is described in Figure 2(c).