@Article{Lesiak2005,
journal="Advances in Interventional Cardiology/Postępy w Kardiologii Interwencyjnej",
issn="1734-9338",
volume="1",
number="1",
year="2005",
title="ORIGINAL PAPERTreatment of bifurcation lesions with a bifurcation-dedicated stent Multilink Frontier\™. Long-term follow-up of 50 patients",
abstract="  Background: Percutaneous interventions of coronary bifurcations have always been a difficult challenge, with a lower success and higher complication rate than most other lesion types.   Methods:  Fifty patients with symptomatic stable or unstable angina and with bifurcation lesions were treated with Multilink Frontier\™ bifurcation-dedicated stent. In-hospital, thirty-day and nine-month follow-up data were  obtained. Repeat coronary angiography was performed only in the case of recurrence of symptomatic ischaemia.   Results:  The device was successfully implanted in 46 patients. During 30-day follow-up there were no cases of  death, stent thrombosis or Q-wave myocardial infarction (MI). In-hospital non-Q-wave MI was diagnosed in two patients. During long-term follow-up no patient died, there was one case of Q-wave MI, and five patients (10%) underwent repeat target-lesion revascularization because of restenosis.   Conclusions:  Multilink FrontierTM, a stent specifically designed for treating bifurcation lesions can be used with a high procedural success rate, and a satisfactory clinical long-term outcome.",
author="Lesiak, Maciej
and Rzeźniczak, Janusz
and Hiczkiewicz, Jarosław
and Grajek, Stefan
and Pyda, Małgorzata
and Skorupski, Włodzimierz
and Mitkowski, Przemysław
and Grygier, Marek
and Prech, Marek
and Baszko, Artur
and Cieśliński, Andrzej",
pages="35--43",
url="https://www.termedia.pl/ORIGINAL-PAPER-Treatment-of-bifurcation-lesions-with-a-bifurcation-dedicated-stent-Multilink-Frontier-8482-Long-term-follow-up-of-50-patients,35,3679,1,1.html"
}