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Percutaneous coronary intervention: Ever closer to real world silver bullets!?
Author(s) -
Hillegass William B.,
Brott Brigitta C.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/ccd.25885
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , myocardial infarction , bare metal , cardiology , angioplasty , balloon , drug eluting stent , stent , drug , restenosis , psychiatry
Key Points Bare metal and early drug eluting stents have not meaningfully reduced subsequent rates of death and myocardial infarction compared to balloon angioplasty. Second generation drug eluting stents are associated with meaningful reductions in death and myocardial infarction compared to first generation drug eluting stents.