Table 1 Types of lesions, outcomes reported and follow-up time periods

Baystrukov2017 [9]

Bifurcation lesions + PCI

Cardiac death, MI, ST, TVR, stroke, MACE, re-occlusion

12 months

CACTUS [5]

True coronary bifurcation + PCI

MACE, MI, TLR, TVR, death

1 and 6 months

DKCRUSH II [10]

Coronary artery bifurcation lesions + PCI

MACE, cardiac death, MI, TLR, TVR, ST

60 months

DKCRUSH V [11]

Left main distal bifurcation lesions + PCI

Cardiac death, MI, TLR, ST, MACE, all-cause mortality, all revascularization

1 and 12 months

Galassi2009 [12]

Bifurcation lesions + PCI

MACE, TVR, TLR, MI, ST, Cardiac death, all-cause mortality

1 month and 24 months

Kim2015 [13]

Coronary artery bifurcation lesions with or without side branch + PCI

All-cause mortality, cardiac death, MI, TVR, TLR, ST, MACE

12 months