These Guidelines represent the third time that the ESC and EACTS have brought together
cardiologists and cardiac surgeons in a joint Task Force to review the ever-increasing body …

Abstract The 2017 European Bifurcation Club (EBC) meeting was held in Porto (Portugal)
and allowed a multidisciplinary international faculty to review and discuss the latest data …

Abstract Aim The “2023 AHA/ACC/ACCP/ASPC/NLA/PCNA Guideline for the Management
of Patients With Chronic Coronary Disease” provides an update to and consolidates new …

always refer to the full text version, which is freely available on the ESC and EACTS
websites. The National Societies of the ESC are encouraged to endorse, translate, and …

Background Patients with non-left-main coronary bifurcation lesions are usually best treated
with a stepwise provisional approach. However, patients with true left main stem bifurcation …

Aim The present study aimed to assess the benefits of two-stent techniques for patients with
DEFINITION criteria-defined complex coronary bifurcation lesions. Methods and results In …

Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the difference in target lesion failure
(TLF) at 3 years after double kissing (DK) crush stenting versus provisional stenting (PS) for …

Abstract The European Bifurcation Club (EBC) supports a continuous review of the field of
coronary artery bifurcation interventions and aims to facilitate a scientific discussion and an …

The Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) published the “Guidelines for elective percutaneous
coronary intervention [PCI] in patients with stable coronary disease” in 2000. In 2006 …

Abstract The European Bifurcation Club recommends an approach to a bifurcation stenosis
which involves careful assessment, planning and a sequential provisional approach. In the …