JOURNAL ARTICLE

In Clinical Practice, Drug-Eluting Stents Outperform Bare-Metal Stents

Howard C. Herrmann

Year: 2007 Journal:   Journal watch Vol: 2007   Publisher: Massachusetts Medical Society

Abstract

Recent reports have raised concerns about late stent thrombosis with the use of drug-eluting stents (DES), particularly for off-label indications. In this National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Dynamic Registry analysis, investigators compared outcomes in 1763 patients who received at least one DES (for an on-label or off-label indication) …

Keywords:
Medicine Bare metal Drug Stent Clinical Practice Drug-eluting stent Internal medicine Cardiology Intensive care medicine Restenosis Pharmacology

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