Open AccessComparison of a Polymer-Based Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent With a Bare Metal Stent in Patients With Complex Coronary Artery Disease
Author(s) -
Gregg W. Stone,
Stephen G. Ellis,
Louis Can,
J. Tift Mann,
Joel Greenberg,
Douglas Spriggs,
Charles O’Shaughnessy,
Samuel J. DeMaio,
Patrick Hall,
Jeffrey J. Popma,
Joerg Koglin,
Mary E. Russell,
for the TAXUS V Investigators
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.294.10.1215
Subject(s) - medicine , stent , target lesion , restenosis , lesion , stenosis , bare metal stent , paclitaxel , coronary artery disease , bare metal , drug eluting stent , radiology , artery , population , surgery , myocardial infarction , percutaneous coronary intervention , chemotherapy , environmental health
Compared with bare metal stents, drug-eluting stents reduce restenosis in noncomplex lesions. The utility of drug-eluting stents has not been evaluated in more difficult stenoses.
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