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Paclitaxel-Eluting versus Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stents in Diabetes
Author(s) -
Upendra Kaul,
Sripal Bangalore,
Ashok Seth,
Priyadarshini Arambam,
Rajpal K. Abhaichand,
Tejas Patel,
Darshan Banker,
Atul Abhyankar,
Ajit Mullasari,
Sanjay Shah,
Rajneesh Jain,
Rajendra Kumar Premchand,
C.G. Bahuleyan
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1510188
Subject(s) - medicine , percutaneous coronary intervention , everolimus , stent , conventional pci , myocardial infarction , clinical endpoint , cardiology , coronary artery disease , zotarolimus , drug eluting stent , confidence interval , revascularization , surgery , randomized controlled trial
The choice of drug-eluting stent in the treatment of patients with diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease who are undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) has been debated. Previous studies comparing paclitaxel-eluting stents with stents eluting rapamycin (now called sirolimus) or its analogues (everolimus or zotarolimus) have produced contradictory results, ranging from equivalence between stent types to superiority of everolimus-eluting stents.

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