Bailout technique to rescue the abruptly occluded side branch with collapsed true lumen after main vessel stenting

Guidewire recrossing into the abruptly occluded side branch (SB) after main vessel (MV) stenting in the coronary bifurcation is difficult, particularly if the SB has a dissection because the true lumen of SB is collapsed by a hematoma and the second guidewire easily goes into the false lumen. This paper reports a bailout technique to rescue the occluded SB that was complicated by a hematoma because of an unsuccessful guidewire recrossing after MV stenting using a small balloon dilation in the collapsed SB true lumen behind the stent strut and wire penetration.