The impact of the extent of side branch disease on outcomes following bifurcation stenting.
Marco ZimarinoEmanuele BarbatoSunao NakamuraFrancesco RadicoMarta Di NicolaCarlo BriguoriRobert J GilVojko KanicMatteo PerfettiMariano PellicanoKristina MairicGoran Stankovicnull nullPublished in: Catheterization and cardiovascular interventions : official journal of the Society for Cardiac Angiography & Interventions (2020)
In bifurcation PCI, SB lesion length ≥ 10 mm identifies patients at higher risk of MACE than those with <10 mm SB lesions and those without SB disease, considering that no differences were observed among these last two groups. Careful planning is mandatory when approaching bifurcations with long SB lesions.