A Randomized Trial of a Dedicated Bifurcation Stent Versus Provisional Stenting in the Treatment of Coronary Bifurcation Lesions
Généreux P, Kumsars I, Lesiak M, Kini A, Fontos G, Slagboom T, Ungi I, Metzger DC, Wykrzykowska JJ, Stella PR, Bartorelli AL, Fearon WF, Lefèvre T, Feldman RL, LaSalle L, Francese DP, Onuma Y, Grundeken MJ, Garcia-Garcia HM, Laak LL, Cutlip DE, Kaplan AV, Serruys PW, Leon MB. A Randomized Trial of a Dedicated Bifurcation Stent Versus Provisional Stenting in the Treatment of Coronary Bifurcation Lesions. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2015, 65: 533-543. PMID: 25677311, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2014.11.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget vessel failureTrue bifurcation lesionsCoronary bifurcation lesionsBifurcation lesionsProvisional stentingStent groupDiameter stenosisPre-specified noninferiority marginSegment percent diameter stenosisTrue coronary bifurcation lesionsProvisional groupSecondary angiographic endpointsSegment diameter stenosisSymptomatic coronary diseaseBinary restenosis rateMyocardial infarction rateSide branchesPercutaneous coronary interventionPercent diameter stenosisBifurcation coronary lesionsDedicated bifurcation stentsAngiographic cohortInfarction ratePrimary endpointCoronary intervention