Clinical outcomes after final kissing balloon inflation compared with no final kissing balloon inflation in bifurcation lesions treated with a dedicated coronary bifurcation stent

Heart

22 January Jan 2014 12 years ago
  • Grundeken MJ, Lesiak M, Asgedom S, Garcia E, Bethencourt A, Norell MS, Damman P, Woudstra P, Koch KT, Vis MM, Henriques JP, Tijssen JG, Onuma Y, Foley DP, Bartorelli AL, Stella PR, de Winter RJ, Wykrzykowska JJ
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A lower cardiac death rate was observed in patients in whom FKBI was performed compared with a selection of patients in whom FKBI could not be performed, probably explained by an unbalance in the baseline risk profile of the patients. No differences were observed regarding the other clinical outcomes.

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