Immediate and long-term outcome of intracoronary stent implantation for true bifurcation lesions
Jassim Al Suwaidi, MB, ChBa,
Peter B. Berger, MD, FACCa,
Charanjit S. Rihal, MD, FACCa,
Kirk N. Garratt, MD, FACCa,
Malcolm R. Bell, MBBS, FRACP, FACCa,
Henry H. Ting, MDa,
John F. Bresnahan, MD, FACCa,
Diane E. Grill, MSa and
David R. Holmes, Jr., MD, FACCa
a Division of Cardiovascular Diseases and Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, USA
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Figure 1 Techniques of stenting both arms of a bifurcation lesion.
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Figure 2 Flow diagram demonstrating the different stenting procedures used in the study population.
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Figure 3 Kaplan-Meier curves of the probability of survival and freedom from myocardial infarction (MI), bypass surgery, and repeat coronary angioplasty and severe angina (CCS class III or IV) in the two treatment groups.
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Figure 4 Kaplan-Meier curves of the probability of survival and freedom from myocardial infarction (MI), bypass surgery, and repeat coronary angioplasty and severe angina (CCS class III or IV) in Gp 2a and Gp 2b.
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