Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Drug-Eluting versus Bare-Metal Stents in Sweden

Stefan James; Ulf Stenestrand; Johan Lindbäck; J. Carlsson; Fredrik Scherstén; Tage Nilsson; Lars Wallentin; Bo Lagerqvist

doi:10.1056/nejmoa0809902

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Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Drug-Eluting versus Bare-Metal Stents in Sweden

Stefan James Ulf Stenestrand Johan Lindbäck J. Carlsson Fredrik Scherstén Tage Nilsson Lars Wallentin Bo Lagerqvist

Year: 2009 Journal: New England Journal of Medicine Vol: 360 (19)Pages: 1933-1945 Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0809902

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As compared with bare-metal stents, drug-eluting stents are associated with a similar long-term incidence of death or myocardial infarction and provide a clinically important decrease in the rate of restenosis among high-risk patients.

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Medicine Myocardial infarction Stent Confidence interval Relative risk Internal medicine Angioplasty Bare metal Drug-eluting stent Clinical endpoint Cardiology Surgery Bare-metal stent Percutaneous coronary intervention Restenosis Clinical trial

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Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics

Health Sciences → Medicine → Surgery

Acute Myocardial Infarction Research

Health Sciences → Medicine → Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

Health Sciences → Medicine → Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine

Long-Term Safety and Efficacy of Drug-Eluting versus Bare-Metal Stents in Sweden

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