Percutaneous coronary intervention for coronary bifurcation disease: consensus from the first 10 years of the European Bifurcation Club meetings

• DOI: 10.4244/eijv10i5a97
• Publication Date: 2014-10-02T14:20:33Z
• Authors: Jens Flensted Lassen; Niels Ramsing Holm; Goran Stankovic; Thierry Lefèvre; Alaide Chieffo; David Hildick-Smith; Manuel Pan; Olivier Darremont; Remo Albiero; Miroslaw Ferenc; Yves Louvard
• Keywords: Tissue Scaffolds; Cardiology; Coronary Artery Disease; 3. Good health; Fractional Flow Reserve, Myocardial; 03 medical and health sciences; Percutaneous Coronary Intervention; 0302 clinical medicine; Terminology as Topic; Absorbable Implants; Humans; Stents; Tomography, Optical Coherence; Ultrasonography, Interventional

The European Bifurcation Club (EBC) is an independent, non-political and informal "think tank" of scientists with a particular interest in clinical, technical fundamental aspects the management coronary artery bifurcation disease. Bifurcations account for 15-20% all percutaneous interventions (PCI) remain one most challenging lesions interventional cardiology terms procedural success rate as well long-term cardiac events. optimal is, despite fast growing scientific literature, still subject considerable debate, main concerns being potential increased risk late stent thrombosis associated treatment complexity. EBC was initiated 2004 aims to facilitate exchange ideas on hosts annual, compact meeting dedicated bifurcations which brings together physicians, engineers, biologists, physicists, epidemiologists statisticians detailed discussions. Every finalised consensus statement reflects unique opportunity combining opinion cardiologists large variety other management. This year celebrates its 10-year anniversary. document represents summary from last ten years annual meetings.