5-Year Clinical Outcomes After Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation Insights From a Patient-Level Pooled Analysis of 4 Randomized Trials Comparing Sirolimus-Eluting Stents With Bare-Metal Stents
Caixeta A, Leon MB, Lansky AJ, Nikolsky E, Aoki J, Moses JW, Schofer J, Morice MC, Schampaert E, Kirtane AJ, Popma JJ, Parise H, Fahy M, Mehran R. 5-Year Clinical Outcomes After Sirolimus-Eluting Stent Implantation Insights From a Patient-Level Pooled Analysis of 4 Randomized Trials Comparing Sirolimus-Eluting Stents With Bare-Metal Stents. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2009, 54: 894-902. PMID: 19712798, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.04.077.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBare metal stentsTarget vessel revascularizationStent thrombosisRate of deathMyocardial infarctionVessel revascularizationPooled analysisAcademic Research Consortium definitionsPatient-level pooled analysisDrug-eluting stent implantationArterial healing responseComposite of deathProbable stent thrombosisLong-term safetyDrug-eluting stentsLate stent thrombosisClinical outcomesRandomized trialsStent implantationSuperior efficacyBMS groupThrombosisHealing responseSES groupStents