Comparison of a Polymer-Based Paclitaxel-Eluting Stent With a Bare Metal Stent in Patients With Complex Coronary Artery Disease

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Authors

Gregg W. Stone · Columbia University Irving Medical Center

Stephen G. Ellis

Louis Cannon · Cardiac And Vascular Research Center Of Northern Michigan

J. Tift Mann · WakeMed

Joel Greenberg · Miami Heart Research Institute

Douglas Spriggs · Morton Plant Hospital

Charles O’Shaughnessy

Samuel J. DeMaio

Abstract

Compared with a bare metal stent, implantation of the paclitaxel-eluting stent in a patient population with complex lesions effectively reduces clinical and angiographic restenosis.

Topics & Keywords

Coronary Interventions and Diagnostics Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases Cardiac Valve Diseases and Treatments

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA

Volume 294, Issue 10, pp. 1215-1215

DOI: 10.1001/jama.294.10.1215

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