Jung-Hee Lee, Young Jin Youn, Ho Sung Jeon, Jun-Won Lee, Sung Gyun Ahn, Junghan Yoon, Hyeon-Cheol Gwon, Young Bin Song, Ki Hong Choi, Hyo-Soo Kim, Woo Jung Chun, Seung-Ho Hur, Chang-Wook Nam, Yun-Kyeong Cho, Seung Hwan Han, Seung-Woon Rha, In-Ho Chae, Jin-Ok Jeong, Jung Ho Heo, Do-Sun Lim, Jong-Seon Park, Myeong-Ki Hong, Joon-Hyung Doh, Kwang Soo Cha, Doo-Il Kim, Sang Yeub Lee, Kiyuk Chang, Byung-Hee Hwang, So-Yeon Choi, Myung Ho Jeong, Hyun-Jong Lee
BACKGROUND: The benefits of transradial access (TRA) over transfemoral access (TFA) for bifurcation percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are uncertain because of the limited availability of device selection. This study aimed to compare the procedural differences and the in-hospital and long-term outcomes of TRA and TFA for bifurcation PCI using second-generation drug-eluting stents (DESs). METHODS: Based on data from the Coronary Bifurcation Stenting Registry III, a retrospective registry of 2,648 patients undergoing bifurcation PCI with second-generation DES from 21 centers in South Korea, patients were categorized into the TRA group (n = 1,507) or the TFA group (n = 1,141)...
March 18, 2024: Journal of Korean Medical Science