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Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in coronary bifurcation stenosis is still regarded as technically complicated, due to the risk of lateral branch occlusion. Bifurcation stenosis is also characterised by higher intervention costs and restenosis incidence. Over the last 10 years, a range of new stenting techniques for coronary bifurcation stenosis treatment have been developed. These methods improved the rates of short-term PCI success, while drugeluting stents substantially reduced restenosis incidence. However, the limitations of existing methods make the intervention technically challenging and negatively affect long-term PCI results. This paper describes an original PCI method for bifurcation stenosis treatment, called TABAs.