Differential Clinical Responses to Everolimus-Eluting and Paclitaxel-Eluting Coronary Stents in Patients With and Without Diabetes Mellitus
Author(s) -
Gregg W. Stone,
Elvin Kedhi,
Dean J. Kereiakes,
Helen Parise,
Martin Fahy,
Patrick W. Serruys,
Pieter C. Smits
Publication year - 2011
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.111.031070
Subject(s) - medicine , everolimus , percutaneous coronary intervention , stent , cardiology , diabetes mellitus , myocardial infarction , target lesion , coronary artery disease , revascularization , sirolimus , surgery , endocrinology
Some (but not all) prior trials have reported differential outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention with paclitaxel-eluting stents versus stents eluting rapamycin analogs according to the presence of diabetes mellitus. These studies lacked sufficient power to examine individual safety and efficacy end points.
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