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Coronary-artery stents are currently implanted in 90 to 95 percent of percutaneous coronary interventions, with recent advances focusing primarily on drug-eluting stents.
Provides a comprehensive review of the indications, biology, and recent advances in drug-eluting coronary-artery stents.
Stents dominate contemporary PCI; extends bare-metal stent data to the drug-eluting era.
At present, 90 to 95 percent of percutaneous coronary interventions involve the implantation of a stent, often a drug-eluting stent, though most published data originated in the era of bare-metal stents. This article reviews the indications for and biology of coronary-artery stents, focusing on recent advances in drug-eluting stents.
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Serruys et al. (2006) studied this question. Coronary-artery stents are currently implanted in 90 to 95 percent of percutaneous coronary interventions, with recent advances focusing primarily on drug-eluting stents.
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