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Long-term clinical and angiographic outcome of T-and protrusion technique with ultrathin strut drug eluting stents

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: OBJECTIVES: Data about coronary bifurcations treated with ultrathin strut drug-eluting stents (DES) using T-and-protrusion (TAP) technique is limited. METHODS: In this study, a total of 84 consecutive patients, who underwent bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with TAP technique using Orsiro® DES (Biotronik, Berlin, Germany), were included. All pre- and post-procedural data, as well as 1- and 2-year follow-up angiograms, were analyzed. Primary endpoints were procedural success and target lesion failure (TLF); secondary endpoints were all-cause mortality and major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) during follow-up. RESULTS: = 0.09). All-cause mortality was 30% during follow-up, from which 26% was due to non-cardiovascular cause, and the MACCE rate was 46%. CONCLUSIONS: Coronary bifurcations treated with ultrathin strut DES showed good short-term results and were associated with acceptable cardiovascular mortality. However, in these long-term patients, the rate of MACCE and non-cardiovascular death were rather high.

Source: Future Cardiology

DOI: 10.1080/14796678.2024.2435205