Debate: Percutaneous revascularization strategies for distal left main coronary artery disease. The EBC MAIN approach

QUESTION: What aspects do you think might explain the significant differences reported between the results from the EBC MAIN (European bifurcation club left main coronary stent study),1 and the DKCRUSH-V (Double kissing crush vs provisional stenting for left main distal bifurcation lesions) clinical...

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Main Author: Manuel Pan
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Language:English
Published: Permanyer 2022-11-01
Series:REC: Interventional Cardiology (English Ed.)
Online Access:https://recintervcardiol.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=947
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description QUESTION: What aspects do you think might explain the significant differences reported between the results from the EBC MAIN (European bifurcation club left main coronary stent study),1 and the DKCRUSH-V (Double kissing crush vs provisional stenting for left main distal bifurcation lesions) clinical trials?2 ANSWER: Both studies differ in several aspects we could categorized into 4: those that are operator-related; study design-related; patient and lesion-related, and those associated with the results from the provisional stenting technique. The double kissing (DK) is a complex technique where most of the evidence available in the medical literature (including the DKCRUSH-V2) comes from the same group of expert operators who have been using such technique for years now.3,4 However, the operators from the EBC MAIN1 belong to the European Bifurcation Club that has spent years promoting and refining the provisional stenting technique. Regarding the study design, the group of patients randomized to 2 different stents is also different from one trial to the other: in the DKCRUSH-V only patients treated with the DK crush technique were while in the EBC MAIN most patients were treated with the culotte technique or the T stenting technique. Another different aspect between both trials is the use of systematic angiographic assessments...
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spelling doaj.art-a344eaeb283f433bad7d1caad5f0ba032022-12-22T03:35:26ZengPermanyerREC: Interventional Cardiology (English Ed.)2604-73222022-11-014432933010.24875/RECICE.M22000323Debate: Percutaneous revascularization strategies for distal left main coronary artery disease. The EBC MAIN approachManuel Pan0Servicio de Cardiología, Hospital Universitario Reina Sofía, Universidad de Córdoba, Instituto Maimónides de Investigación Biomédica de Córdoba (IMIBIC), Córdoba, SpainQUESTION: What aspects do you think might explain the significant differences reported between the results from the EBC MAIN (European bifurcation club left main coronary stent study),1 and the DKCRUSH-V (Double kissing crush vs provisional stenting for left main distal bifurcation lesions) clinical trials?2 ANSWER: Both studies differ in several aspects we could categorized into 4: those that are operator-related; study design-related; patient and lesion-related, and those associated with the results from the provisional stenting technique. The double kissing (DK) is a complex technique where most of the evidence available in the medical literature (including the DKCRUSH-V2) comes from the same group of expert operators who have been using such technique for years now.3,4 However, the operators from the EBC MAIN1 belong to the European Bifurcation Club that has spent years promoting and refining the provisional stenting technique. Regarding the study design, the group of patients randomized to 2 different stents is also different from one trial to the other: in the DKCRUSH-V only patients treated with the DK crush technique were while in the EBC MAIN most patients were treated with the culotte technique or the T stenting technique. Another different aspect between both trials is the use of systematic angiographic assessments...https://recintervcardiol.org/en/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=947
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Debate: Percutaneous revascularization strategies for distal left main coronary artery disease. The EBC MAIN approach
REC: Interventional Cardiology (English Ed.)
title Debate: Percutaneous revascularization strategies for distal left main coronary artery disease. The EBC MAIN approach
title_full Debate: Percutaneous revascularization strategies for distal left main coronary artery disease. The EBC MAIN approach
title_fullStr Debate: Percutaneous revascularization strategies for distal left main coronary artery disease. The EBC MAIN approach
title_full_unstemmed Debate: Percutaneous revascularization strategies for distal left main coronary artery disease. The EBC MAIN approach
title_short Debate: Percutaneous revascularization strategies for distal left main coronary artery disease. The EBC MAIN approach
title_sort debate percutaneous revascularization strategies for distal left main coronary artery disease the ebc main approach
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