Why the study?
Does the use of drug-eluting stents improve clinical outcomes and safety compared to bare metal stents across all PCI indications?
Does the use of drug-eluting stents improve clinical outcomes and safety compared to bare metal stents across all PCI indications?
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The accumulated evidence strongly favors drug-eluting stents over bare-metal stents for all clinical indications, suggesting bare-metal stents should be retired from practice.
Kassimis et al. (2016) studied this question.
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