Sirolimus-Eluting Stents versus Standard Stents in Patients with Stenosis in a Native Coronary Artery

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Authors

Jeffrey W. Moses · Vascular Institute of New York

Martin B. Leon

Jeffrey J. Popma

Peter J. Fitzgerald

David R. Holmes

Charles O’Shaughnessy

Abstract

In this randomized clinical trial involving patients with complex coronary lesions, the use of a sirolimus-eluting stent had a consistent treatment effect, reducing the rates of restenosis and associated clinical events in all subgroups analyzed.

Topics & Keywords

Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: New England Journal of Medicine

Volume 349, Issue 14, pp. 1315-1323

DOI: 10.1056/nejmoa035071

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