Prevention of restenosis by a novel drug-eluting stent system with a dose-adjustable, polymer-free, on-site stent coating
Why the study?
Do polymer-free stents coated on-site with rapamycin prevent restenosis?
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Implication
Supports randomized trials of customizable stents; leaves open clinical benefit versus approved devices.
Structured PICO
Do polymer-free stents coated on-site with rapamycin prevent restenosis?
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Intervention
Polymer-free stents coated on-site with rapamycin
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Outcome
Restenosis preventionsurrogate
A novel dose-adjustable, polymer-free, on-site rapamycin-coated stent system is feasible and provides dose-dependent restenosis prevention.
Cite This Study
Hausleiter et al. (2005) studied this question.