Safety and Efficacy of Drug-Eluting and Bare Metal Stents
Kirtane AJ, Gupta A, Iyengar S, Moses JW, Leon MB, Applegate R, Brodie B, Hannan E, Harjai K, Jensen LO, Park SJ, Perry R, Racz M, Saia F, Tu JV, Waksman R, Lansky AJ, Mehran R, Stone GW. Safety and Efficacy of Drug-Eluting and Bare Metal Stents. Circulation 2009, 119: 3198-3206. PMID: 19528338, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.108.826479.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBare metal stentsDrug-eluting stentsTarget vessel revascularizationMyocardial infarctionVessel revascularizationObservational studyMetal stentsEfficacy end pointTotal patientsOverall mortalityDrug-ElutingDES useLabel indicationsLabel useResidual confoundingBMS useRCTsPatientsDrug AdministrationInfarctionRevascularizationEnd pointMortality dataComparable reductionStents