The drug-eluting stent: is it the Holy Grail?
Hiatt B, Carter A, Yeung A. The drug-eluting stent: is it the Holy Grail? Reviews In Cardiovascular Medicine 2001, 2: 190-6. PMID: 12439368.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug-eluting stentsIntimal hyperplasiaAdverse clinical eventsOnly effective treatmentMulticenter clinical trialSirolimus-coated stentsDrug-coated stentsBare metal stentsMinimal intimal hyperplasiaCoronary stentingRestenosis rateClinical eventsNegative remodelingClinical trialsComplex lesionsEffective treatmentStentsHyperplasiaRestenosisCardiologists