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 …

Coronary artery stents revolutionized the practice of interventional cardiology after they were
first introduced in the mid-1980s. Since then, there have been significant developments in …

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 …

Restenosis and thrombosis are potentially fatal complications of coronary stenting with a
recognized multifactorial etiology. The effect of documented risk factors, however, cannot …

Objectives: The present study aimed to investigate the difference in major adverse cardiac
events (MACE) at 12 months in patients with coronary bifurcation lesions after double …

Coronary bifurcations are frequent and account for approximately 20% of all percutaneous
coronary interventions. Nonetheless, they remain one of the most challenging lesion subsets …

Background—It is unknown whether the preferred 1-stent bifurcation stenting approach with
stenting of the main vessel (MV) and optional side branch stenting using drug-eluting stents …

Despite all the benefits of drug-eluting stents (DES), concerns have been raised over their
long-term safety, with particular reference to stent thrombosis. In an effort to address these …

Abstract Treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions remains an ongoing challenge for
interventional cardiologists. Stenting of coronary bifurcations carries higher risk for in-stent …

The optimal stenting technique for coronary artery bifurcations is still debated. With
additional advances computational simulations can soon be used to compare stent designs …