Effect of proximal optimization technique on coronary bifurcation stent failure: Insights from the multicenter randomized PROPOT trial.
Yoshinobu MurasatoYusuke WatanabeMasahiro YamawakiYoshihisa KinoshitaMunenori OkuboKazuhiko YumotoNaoki MasudaHiromasa OtakeJiro AokiGaku NakazawaYohei NumasawaTatsuya ItoJunya ShiteTakayuki OkamuraKensuke TakagiKayoko KozumaThierry LefèvreBernard ChevalierYves LouvardNobuaki SuzukiKen Kozumanull nullPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2022)
POT did not result in a favorable trend in BSF. Insufficient expansion of the bifurcation core after POT was associated with BSF.