Long-Term Clinical Outcomes After Drug-Eluting and Bare-Metal Stenting in Massachusetts
Author(s) -
Laura Mauri,
Treacy S. Silbaugh,
Robert Wolf,
Katya Zelevinsky,
Ann Lovett,
Zheng Zhou,
Frederic S. Resnic,
SharonLise T. Normand
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/circulationaha.108.781377
Subject(s) - medicine , bare metal , drug , term (time) , coronary stenting , intensive care medicine , cardiology , surgery , stent , restenosis , pharmacology , physics , quantum mechanics
Drug-eluting stents (DES) reduce the need for repeat revascularization, but their long-term safety relative to that of bare-metal stents (BMS) in general use remains uncertain. We sought to compare the clinical outcome of patients treated with DES with that of BMS.
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