Long-Term Clinical Outcomes of Final Kissing Ballooning in Coronary Bifurcation Lesions Treated With the 1-Stent Technique: Results From the COBIS II Registry (Korean Coronary Bifurcation Stenting Registry)
Cheol Woong Yu, Jeong Hoon Yang, Young Bin Song, Joo-Yong Hahn, Seung-Hyuk Choi, Jin-Ho Choi, Hyun Jong Lee, Ju Hyeon Oh, Bon-Kwon Koo, Seung Woon Rha, Jin-Ok Jeong, Myung-Ho Jeong, Jung Han Yoon, Yangsoo Jang, Seung-Jea Tahk, Hyo-Soo Kim, Hyeon-Cheol Gwon, Cheol Woong Yu, Jeong Hoon Yang, Young Bin Song, Joo-Yong Hahn, Seung-Hyuk Choi, Jin-Ho Choi, Hyun Jong Lee, Ju Hyeon Oh, Bon-Kwon Koo, Seung Woon Rha, Jin-Ok Jeong, Myung-Ho Jeong, Jung Han Yoon, Yangsoo Jang, Seung-Jea Tahk, Hyo-Soo Kim, Hyeon-Cheol Gwon
Abstract
Objectives: This study investigated the impact of final kissing ballooning (FKB) after main vessel (MV) stenting on outcomes in patients with coronary bifurcation lesions after application of the 1-stent technique.
Background: Although FKB has been established as the standard method for bifurcation lesions treated with a 2-stent strategy, its efficacy in a 1-stent approach is highly controversial.
Methods: This study enrolled 1,901 patients with a bifurcation lesion with a side branch diameter ≥2.3 mm, treated solely with the 1-stent technique using a drug-eluting stent from 18 centers in Korea between January 1, 2003 and December 31, 2009. The primary outcome was major adverse cardiac events (MACE)-cardiac death, myocardial infarction, or target lesion revascularization. Propensity score-matching analysis was also performed.
Results: FKB was performed in 620 patients and the post minimal lumen diameter of the MV and side branch was larger in the FKB group than in the non-FKB group. During follow-up (median 36 months), the incidence of MACE (adjusted hazard ratio [HR]: 0.68, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.46 to 0.99; p = 0.048) was lower in the FKB group than the non-FKB group. After propensity score matching (545 pairs), the FKB group had a lower incidence of MACE (adjusted HR: 0.50, 95% CI: 0.30 to 0.85; p = 0.01), and target lesion revascularization in the MV (adjusted HR: 0.51, 95% CI: 0.28 to 0.93; p = 0.03) and both vessels (adjusted HR: 0.47, 95% CI: 0.25 to 0.90; p = 0.02) than in the non-FKB group.
Conclusions: In coronary bifurcation lesions, we demonstrated that the 1-stent technique with FKB was associated with a favorable long-term clinical outcome, mainly driven by the reduction of target lesion revascularization in the MV or both vessels as a result of an increase in minimal lumen diameter. (Korean Coronary Bifurcation Stenting Registry II [COBIS II]: NCT01642992).
Keywords: coronary bifurcation lesion; kissing ballooning; revascularization.
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