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Bifurcation Lesions

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Treatment of coronary bifurcation lesions represents an area of ongoing challenge in interventional cardiology. Based on contemporary trials, provisional stenting approach has better clinical outcomes.

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  1. Department of Interventional Cardiology, Mount Sinai Hospital, One Gustave Levy Place, Madison Avenue, New York, NY, 10029, USA

    Sadik Raja Panwar MD, Anitha Rajamanickam MD & Annapoorna Kini MD, MRCP, FACC

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  3. Annapoorna Kini MD, MRCP, FACC
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Correspondence to Annapoorna Kini MD, MRCP, FACC .

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  1. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Annapoorna Kini

  2. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Samin Sharma

  3. Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, USA

    Jagat Narula

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Panwar, S.R., Rajamanickam, A., Kini, A. (2014). Bifurcation Lesions. In: Kini, A., Sharma, S., Narula, J. (eds) Practical Manual of Interventional Cardiology. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6581-1_16

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