The aim of this study was to assess the prognostic significance of the medina classification following percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) by examining whether tb (true bifurcation) lesion pci confer worse prognosis than ntb (non-true bifurcation) lesion pci, both in the short- and the long-term outcomes.The rates of death and major adverse cardiac events were assessed at 12 months and 3 years follow-up.Final analysis was performed only on patients who had undergone pci with second-generation des and were characterized according to the medina classification.505 patients treated with second-generation drug-eluting stents (des) between the years 2003 and 2015 were included in this prospective registry.Endeavor resolute, resolute integrity and resolute onyx stents along with 5 other second-generation des non-medtronic stents were implanted in patients in this registry.The resolute and endeavour devices were implanted in patients from both the tb (true bifurcation) lesion pci and ntb (non-true bifurcation) lesion pci groups.Oral clopidogrel, prasugrel, or ticagrelor were prescribed to patients for at least 6 months post-procedure.Clinical outcomes included all-cause death, cardiac death, acute myocardial infarction, stent thrombosis, coronary artery bypass grafting surgery and target lesion revascularisation.
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