Outcomes Among Patients Undergoing Distal Left Main Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Technique Analysis From the EXCEL Trial
- Kandzari David E.
- Gershlick Anthony H.
- Serruys Patrick W.
- Leon Martin B.
- Morice Marie-Claude
- Simonton Charles A.
- Lembo Nicholas J.
- Banning Adrian P.
- Merkely Béla Péter
- Boven Ad J. van
- Ungi Imre
- Kappetein Arie Pieter
- Sabik Joseph F., III
- Généreux Philippe
- Dressler Ovidiu
- Stone Gregg W.
Publication date
January 2018
DOI Publisher
Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) ISSN
1941-7640Abstract
BACKGROUND: Distal left main (LM) coronary artery bifurcation disease increases percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedural complexity and is associated with worse outcomes than isolated ostial/shaft disease. The optimal treatment strategy for distal LM disease is undetermined. We sought to determine whether outcomes after PCI of LM distal bifurcation lesions are influenced by treatment with a provisional 1-stent versus planned 2-stent technique, and if so, whether such differences are conditioned by the complexity of the LM bifurcation lesion
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