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European Heart Journal Advance Access published online on November 6, 2008
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn519
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Two stent or not two stent—that is the question

Jens Flensted Lassen*

Department of Cardiology B, Aarhus University Hospital, Skejby, Denmark

* Corresponding author: Tel: +45 89496248. Fax: +45 89496002. Email: jens.lassen@ki.au.dk

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. doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehn455

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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 rates in bifurcation and non-bifurcation lesions.7

The optimal stenting technique with DES is still a matter of considerable debate where one of . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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