One-year mean follow-up of 41 patients treated with bifurcation stenting.
Forty-one patients, mean age 61 +/- 13 years, had stenting of bifurcation coronary artery lesions. Of the 41 patients, a crushing stent was used in 33 patients (80%), a T stent in 6 patients (15%), a kissing stent in 1 patient (2%), and side branch angioplasty in 1 patient (2%). Mean follow-up was 12 months (range 7-17 months). At follow-up, of the 41 patients, none (0%) died, 1 (2%) had a myocardial infarction, 3 (7%) had thrombotic stent occlusion, 3 (7%) had restenosis, 4 (10%) had target lesion revascularization, and 6 (15%) had myocardial infarction or target lesion revascularization or had died.
Naseer
Nauman
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Cardiology Division, Department of Medicine, Westchester Medical Center/New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY 10595, USA.
Varma
Raja
R
Aronow
Wilbert S
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Monsen
Craig E
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Pucillo
Anthony L
AL
Kalapatapu
Kumar
K
Weiss
Melvin B
MB
D000800:Angioplasty, Balloon / Q000009:adverse effects*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000145:classification