Most side branch lesions do not have functional significance after stent implantation in the main vessel, and quantitative coronary angiography is unreliable in assessing the functional severity of these lesions.
Compared with the two-stent technique, the single-stent technique showed more favorable long-term clinical outcomes in patients with distal unprotected LMCA disease who received DES
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