A polymer-free dual drug-eluting stent in patients with coronary artery disease: A randomized trial vs. polymer-based drug-eluting stents

European Heart Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 923-931

  Byrne, Robert A ^a   Mehilli, Julinda ^a   Iijima, Raisuke ^a   Schulz, Stefanie ^a   Pache, Jürgen ^a   Seyfarth, Melchior ^a   Schömig, Albert ^a,b   Kastrati, Adnan ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antioxidants; Drug eluting stents; Follow up studies; Polymer; Probucol; Randomized control trial; Rapamycin; Restenosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; CLOPIDOGREL; HEPARIN; PROBUCOL; RAPAMYCIN; ZOTAROLIMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; CORONARY STENT; DRUG ELUTING STENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOADING DRUG DOSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESTENOSIS; STENT THROMBOSIS;

AGED; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; CORONARY RESTENOSIS; CORONARY STENOSIS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG-ELUTING STENTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; MYOCARDIAL REVASCULARIZATION; POLYMERS; PROBUCOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SIROLIMUS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBULIN MODULATORS;

EID: 65249138756     PISSN: 0195668X     EISSN: 15229645     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehp044     Document Type: Article

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