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Stent Insertion in Coronary Bifurcation Lesions: Procedural Success and Long-term Follow-up Results [Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars]
Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2002; 30(4): 244-250

Stent Insertion in Coronary Bifurcation Lesions: Procedural Success and Long-term Follow-up Results

İbrahim DEMİR1, Hüseyin YILMAZ1, Oktay SANCAKTAR1, Emre ALTEKİN1

We aimed to evaluate procedural success rates and long-term follow-up results of patients who underwent stent insertion for coronary bifurcation lesions which are associated with a lower success and higher complication rate than most other lesion types. Forty-five patients who underwent stent implantation for coronary bifurcation lesions were included in the study. Angiographic features and quantitative analysis of each lesion, procedural success rates and in-hospital and long-term clinical outcomes were assessed.
RESULTS
Forty-five patients were included, mean age 55.3±11.6 years, 75.5% male, 46.4% with unstable angina, 40% stable angina, and 13.4% acute myocardial infarction. The left anterior descending/diagonal bifurcation was involved in 46.9% of cases, circumflex/marginal in 28.9%, PDA/PLA in 19.7%, left anterior descending/circumflex in 4.5%. The main branch (3.06±0.36 mm reference diameter) and the side branch (2.4±0.39 mm) was stented in all cases. Procedural success was obtained in 84.4% in both branches. At 1-month follow-up, the major cardiac event rate (MACE) was 8.8% (death 4.4%, emergency CABG 0%, non-Q-wave MI 2.2%, repeat PTCA 2.2%). At 15±8.9 month follow-up, the total MACE rate was 44.5% (death 15.6%, CABG 15.6%, Q-wave MI 6.7%, repeat PTCA 13.3%).
CONCLUSION
We conclude that the treatment of bifurcation lesions with stenting is associated with decreased success and increased complication and MACE rates compared with nonbifurcation lesions.


How to cite this article
İbrahim DEMİR, Hüseyin YILMAZ, Oktay SANCAKTAR, Emre ALTEKİN. Stent Insertion in Coronary Bifurcation Lesions: Procedural Success and Long-term Follow-up Results. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2002; 30(4): 244-250
Manuscript Language: Turkish


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