TY - JOUR
T1 - Major limitations of randomized clinical trials involving coronary artery bifurcation interventions
T2 - Time for redesigning clinical trials by involving only true bifurcation lesions and using appropriate bifurcation classification
AU - Movahed, Mohammad Reza
PY - 2011/8
Y1 - 2011/8
N2 - Coronary bifurcation lesion intervention is technically challenging with higher complication rates. Many coronary interventional trials have been conducted involving coronary bifurcation lesions in order to compare one-stent with two-stent techniques. However, these trials have major limitation by enrolling all bifurcation lesions, including low-risk lesions so-called not true bifurcation lesions. This manuscript discusses the importance of appropriate designing of clinical trials for evaluation of complex techniques in coronary bifurcation lesions.
AB - Coronary bifurcation lesion intervention is technically challenging with higher complication rates. Many coronary interventional trials have been conducted involving coronary bifurcation lesions in order to compare one-stent with two-stent techniques. However, these trials have major limitation by enrolling all bifurcation lesions, including low-risk lesions so-called not true bifurcation lesions. This manuscript discusses the importance of appropriate designing of clinical trials for evaluation of complex techniques in coronary bifurcation lesions.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2011.00631.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1540-8183.2011.00631.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 21414027
AN - SCOPUS:80051548809
SN - 0896-4327
VL - 24
SP - 295
EP - 301
JO - Journal of Interventional Cardiology
JF - Journal of Interventional Cardiology
IS - 4
ER -