June 6, 2002New England Journal of Medicine4,043 citationsOpen Access
A Randomized Comparison of a Sirolimus-Eluting Stent with a Standard Stent for Coronary Revascularization
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Structured PICO
Does a sirolimus-eluting stent prevent neointimal proliferation, restenosis, and associated clinical events compared to a standard coronary stent in patients requiring coronary revascularization?
P
Population
Patients requiring coronary revascularization
I
Intervention
Sirolimus-eluting stent
C
Comparator
Standard coronary stent
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Outcome
Neointimal proliferation, restenosis, and associated clinical events
A sirolimus-eluting stent shows promise in preventing restenosis and clinical events compared to standard stents for coronary revascularization.
Abstract
As compared with a standard coronary stent, a sirolimus-eluting stent shows considerable promise for the prevention of neointimal proliferation, restenosis, and associated clinical events.
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Morice et al. (2002) studied this question.