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April 13, 2004Circulation764 citationsOpen Access

One-Year Clinical Results With the Slow-Release, Polymer-Based, Paclitaxel-Eluting TAXUS Stent

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GSGregg W. StoneSEStephen G. EllisDCDavid A. Cox

Key Points

  • This research aims to evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of the TAXUS stent compared to the EXPRESS stent after one year.
  • Compared efficacy at 9 months and 1 year between TAXUS and EXPRESS stents.

Structured PICO

Does the Slow-Release, Polymer-Based, Paclitaxel-Eluting TAXUS Stent improve efficacy compared to the EXPRESS stent?

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Intervention
Slow-Release, Polymer-Based, Paclitaxel-Eluting TAXUS Stent
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Comparator
EXPRESS stent
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Outcome
relative efficacy

The paclitaxel-eluting TAXUS stent demonstrates sustained and increasing efficacy at 1 year compared to the EXPRESS stent, with no apparent safety concerns.

Abstract

The relative efficacy reported at 9 months for the polymer-based, paclitaxel-eluting TAXUS stent compared with the EXPRESS stent is preserved and continues to increase at 1 year, with no safety concerns apparent.

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Stone et al. (2004) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dbb5b13d9adb00e7684cf1https://doi.org/10.1161/01.cir.0000127110.49192.72
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