Rationale and design for comparison of non-compliant balloon with drug-coating balloon angioplasty for side branch after provisional stenting for patients with true coronary bifurcation lesions: a prospective, multicentre and randomised DCB-BIF trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Provisional stenting using drug-eluting stent is effective for simple coronary bifurcation lesions. Kissing balloon inflation using conventional non-compliant balloon is the primary treatment of side branch (SB) after main vessel (MV) stenting. Drug-coating balloon (DCB) is reported to be associated with less frequent clinical events in in-stent restenosis and small vessel disease. The importance of DCB in bifurcation treatment is understudied. Accordingly, this trial is designed to investigate the superiority of DCB to non-compliant balloon angioplasty for SB after provisional stenting in patients with true coronary bifurcation lesions.

Methods and analysis

The DCB-BIF trial is a prospective, multicentre, randomised, superiority trial including 784 patients wit

SUBMITTER: Gao XF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8919455 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature