Drug-eluting stents appear superior to bare metal stents for vein-graft PCI in vessels up to a stent diameter of 4 mm

Drug-eluting stents appear superior to bare metal stents for vein-graft PCI in vessels up to a stent diameter of 4 mm

BackgroundResearch trials have shown improved short-term outcome with drug-eluting stents (DES) over bare metal stents (BMS) in saphenous vein graft (SVG) percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), primarily by reducing target vessel revascularization (TVR) for in-stent restenosis. We compared the ou...

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Main Authors: Oliver P. Guttmann, Daniel A. Jones, Kassem A. Safwan, Sean Gallagher, Krishnaraj S. Rathod, Steve Hamshere, Elliot J. Smith, Ajay K. Jain, Anthony Mathur, Andrew Wragg, Charles J. Knight, Roshan Weerackody
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Touch Medical Media 2016-05-01
Series:Heart International
Online Access:http://www.heart-int.com/Attach/1B069907-E827-40E4-B6B2-A9DEBF6EDDB0/0D901FE4-6202-4EA6-85A6-7749C29F66A7

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