Percutaneous coronary intervention treatment of bifurcation lesions--a work in progress: the importance of single-center studies.

espite advances in interventional devices and techniques, ifurcation lesions continue to present a formidable chalenge for the interventional cardiologist. Bifurcation lesions re frequently encountered and are associated with increased rocedural time, risk, restenosis, and thrombosis (1–3). urthermore, as the interventional community begins to ocus on left main revascularization, the importance of reating bifurcation lesions will grow.