Abstract
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
series of 58 patients with 65 de novo bifurcation stenoses treated with sirolimus-eluting
stent implantation in both the main vessel and side branch. At 6 months, the incidence
of major adverse cardiac events was 10.3% (1 death and 5 target lesion revascularizations)
with no episodes of acute myocardial infarction or stent thrombosis.
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
March 19,
2004
Received in revised form:
March 19,
2004
Received:
December 2,
2003
Footnotes
☆This study was supported by a grant from Cordis Corporation, a Johnson & Johnson Company.
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© 2004 Excerpta Medica Inc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
