Three-year clinical results of the Axxess Biolimus A9 eluting bifurcation stent system: the DIVERGE study.
Buysschaert I, Dubois CL, Dens J, Ormiston J, Worthley S, McClean D, Ottervanger JP, Meredith I, Uren N, Wijns W, Whitbourn R, Mehran R, Lansky AJ, Bichalska M, Meis S, Verheye S. Three-year clinical results of the Axxess Biolimus A9 eluting bifurcation stent system: the DIVERGE study. EuroIntervention 2013, 9: 573-81. PMID: 24058075, DOI: 10.4244/eijv9i5a93.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTarget lesion revascularisationIschaemia-driven target lesion revascularisationMajor adverse cardiac eventsSecondary safety endpointStent thrombosisMyocardial infarctionBifurcation lesionsAXXESS stentSafety endpointClinical outcomesBiolimus A9De novo coronary bifurcation lesionsThree-year clinical outcomesNew-generation drug-eluting stentsThree-year clinical resultsCumulative stent thrombosisProbable ST eventsAdverse cardiac eventsSingle-arm trialImproved clinical outcomesTrue bifurcation lesionsCoronary bifurcation lesionsDrug-eluting stentsPromising treatment strategyPresent large study