Everolimus-Eluting versus Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents in Coronary Artery Disease
Stone GW, Rizvi A, Newman W, Mastali K, Wang JC, Caputo R, Doostzadeh J, Cao S, Simonton CA, Sudhir K, Lansky AJ, Cutlip DE, Kereiakes DJ. Everolimus-Eluting versus Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents in Coronary Artery Disease. New England Journal Of Medicine 2010, 362: 1663-1674. PMID: 20445180, DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa0910496.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPaclitaxel-eluting stentsTarget lesion failureEverolimus-eluting stentsMajor secondary end pointPrimary end pointSecondary end pointsEnd pointMyocardial infarctionIschemia-driven target lesion revascularizationRoutine follow-up angiographyTarget vessel myocardial infarctionComposite rateTarget lesion revascularizationClinical end pointsCoronary artery diseaseSubgroup of patientsFollow-up angiographyEverolimus-ElutingAngiographic findingsPrespecified subgroupsArtery diseaseCardiac deathStent thrombosisPatientsStents