Overview
In this COMPLETE randomized trial, using the contemporary second-generation drug-eluting stent, we aimed to test whether the crush technique is superior to the culotte technique for the treatment of bifurcation lesions in terms of 1-year target-lesion failure.
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria:
- Age ≥19 years
- De novo coronary lesions eligible for drug-eluting stent implantation
- Medina 1,1,1 or 1,0,1 or 0,1,1 de novo bifurcation lesions (LM or non-LM) and those of main vessel or side branch can be covered by 2 stents
- Reference vessel diameter of side branch ≥2.5 mm by visual estimation
Exclusion criteria
- Current or potential pregnancy
- Inability to follow the patient over the period of 1 year after enrollment, as assessed by the investigator
- Subjects with ST elevation myocardial infarction <24 h from the onset of chest pain
- Cardiogenic Shock