JOURNAL ARTICLE

Drug-Eluting versus Bare-Metal Stents in Large Coronary Arteries

Abstract

In patients requiring stenting of large coronary arteries, no significant differences were found among sirolimus-eluting, everolimus-eluting, and bare-metal stents with respect to the rate of death or myocardial infarction. With the two drug-eluting stents, similar reductions in rates of target-vessel revascularization were seen. (Funded by the Basel Cardiovascular Research Foundation and the Swiss National Foundation for Research; Current Controlled Trials number, ISRCTN72444640.).

Keywords:
Medicine Percutaneous coronary intervention Myocardial infarction Stent Bare metal Sirolimus Cardiology Internal medicine Everolimus Revascularization Coronary arteries Bare-metal stent Coronary artery disease Drug-eluting stent Restenosis Surgery Artery

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Citation History

Topics

Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Surgery
Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
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