Major limitations of randomized clinical trials involving coronary artery bifurcation interventions: Time for redesigning clinical trials by involving only true bifurcation lesions and using appropriate bifurcation classification

Mohammad Reza Movahed

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Abstract

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.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)295-301
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Interventional Cardiology
Volume24
Issue number4
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 2011

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

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