Classification of coronary artery bifurcation lesions and treatments: time for a consensus!

Y Louvard, M Thomas, V Dzavik… - Catheterization and …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Background: Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) of coronary bifurcation lesions
remains a subject of debate. Many studies have been published in this setting. They are …

Long-term outcomes after stenting of bifurcation lesions with the “crush” technique: predictors of an adverse outcome

A Hoye, I Iakovou, L Ge, CAG van Mieghem… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - jacc.org
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate predictors of an adverse outcome after
“crush” bifurcation stenting. Background: The “crush” technique is a recently introduced …

Treatment of bifurcation coronary lesions: a review of current techniques and outcome

N Melikian, CD MARIO - Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Percutaneous treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions, pose a number of technical
challenges to the interventional cardiologist. Each lesion has to be approached with its own …

Restenosis rates following bifurcation stenting with sirolimus-eluting stents for de novo narrowings

K Tanabe, A Hoye, PA Lemos, J Aoki… - The American journal of …, 2004 - Elsevier
The percutaneous treatment of coronary bifurcation stenoses is hampered by an increased
rate of subsequent restenosis. The present study reports on the outcomes of a consecutive …

Nine-month outcome of patients treated by percutaneous coronary interventions for bifurcation lesions in the recent era: a report from the Prevention of Restenosis …

P Garot, T Lefèvre, M Savage, Y Louvard… - Journal of the American …, 2005 - jacc.org
Objectives: The aim of this research was to determine the influence of bifurcation lesions on
the outcome of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in the recent …

[HTML][HTML] Current Challenges in Coronary Bifurcation Interventions

P Panayotov, N Mileva, D Vassilev - Medicina, 2024 - mdpi.com
Coronary bifurcation lesions account for a significant proportion of all percutaneous
coronary interventions (PCIs). Interventional treatment of coronary bifurcations is related to …

[PDF][PDF] Tryton I, First-In-Man (FIM) study: six month clinical and angiographic outcome, analysis with new quantitative coronary angiography dedicated for bifurcation …

Y Onuma, R Muller, S Ramcharitar, RJ Van Geuns… - EuroIntervention, 2008 - Citeseer
Aim: To report clinical and angiographic follow-up at 6 months after implantation of the
Tryton Side-Branch Stent™ dedicated to bifurcation, in conjunction with standard workhorse …

Interventional therapy of bifurcation lesions: a TIMI flow-guided concept to treat side branches in bifurcation lesions—a prospective randomized clinical study …

H Korn, J Yu, MA Ohlow, B Huegl… - Circulation …, 2009 - Am Heart Assoc
Background—Treatment of bifurcations is a complex problem. The clinical value of treating
side branches is an unsolved problem in the field of interventional cardiology. Methods and …

Coronary bifurcation lesions: to stent one branch or both? A meta-analysis of patients treated with drug eluting stents

G Niccoli, G Ferrante, I Porto, F Burzotta… - International journal of …, 2010 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND: In the treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions (CBL), with drug eluting
stents (DES), we sought to compare angiographic and clinical outcomes of a simple strategy …

Percutaneous therapy of bifurcation lesions with drug‐eluting stent implantation: the Culotte technique revisited

A Hoye, CAG van Mieghem, ATL Ong… - International Journal …, 2005 - Taylor & Francis
INTRODUCTION: The most effective strategy for bifurcation stenting is currently undefined.
The Culotte technique was developed as a method that ensures complete bifurcation lesion …