European Heart Journal Advance Access originally published online on November 6, 2008
European Heart Journal 2008 29(23):2829-2830; doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn519
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Two stent or not two stent—that is the question
Department of Cardiology B, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark
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This editorial refers to Randomized trial on routine vs. provisional stenting in the treatment of de novo coronary bifurcation lesions
by M. Ferenc et al., on page 2859
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Coronary bifurcations account for up to 15% of all percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) and are one of the most challenging lesions in interventional cardiology.1 The treatment strategy has rapidly improved over the years. Initially, bifurcation lesion treatment used to be associated with a high risk of complications and restenosis.2,3 The use of drug-eluting stents (DES) and introduction of different bifurcation stenting strategies and techniques resulted in marked improvements.4–6 Thus, the ARTS II study had comparable event
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