The undisputed superiority of stents over conventional balloon angioplasty has resulted in a plethora of stents in clinical use. Recent data, however, have indicated not all stent models are the same. Nuances in stent design and construction have impacted significantly on the immediate and long-term clinical outcome. Among the stainless steel stents, those with multicellular or tubular designs ...

BACKGROUND Reports regarding the relationship between the length and diameter of implanted drug-eluting stents and clinical and angiographic outcomes in dialysis patients are limited. AIM We investigated the efficiency of drug-eluting stents for coronary artery disease in patients on dialysis from the viewpoint of stent sizing. METHODS Sirolimus-eluting stents were implanted in 88 lesions a...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to compare the safety and efficacy of biodegradable-polymer (BP) drug-eluting stents (DES), bare metal stents (BMS), and durable-polymer DES in patients undergoing coronary revascularization, we performed a systematic review and network meta-analysis using a Bayesian framework. METHODS AND RESULTS Study stents included BMS, paclitaxel-eluting (PES), siroli...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The angiographic and clinical efficacy of polymer-free sirolimus-eluting stents vs polymer-based paclitaxel-eluting stents remain a matter of debate. We sought to investigate angiographic and clinical measures of efficacy of polymer-free sirolimus-eluting stents vs polymer-based paclitaxel-eluting stents. METHODS Patient data from the randomized intracoronary stent...

Revascularization after myocardial infarction is often achieved via percutaneous coronary intervention, which often entails stenting. Drug-eluting stents have shown benefits over bare metal stents in this setting, and a variety of drug-eluting stents are now available, including sirolimus-, paclitaxel-, and zotarolimus-eluting stents. There are studies that have compared the various drug-elutin...

1. Ribeiro EE, Ribeiro HB. Uso de stents farmacológicos na ‘vida real” : a importância dos registros. Arq Bras Cardiol. 2010; 95 (1): 131-4. 2. Kirtane AJ, Gupka A, Iyengar S, Moses JW, Leon MB, Applegate R, et al . Safety and eficacy of drug-eluting stents and bare metal stents: comprehensive meta-análisys of randomized trials and observational studies. Circulation. 2010; 119 (25): 3198-206. R...

BACKGROUND The objective was to evaluate the role of risk factors and stent type for stent thrombosis (ST) using a large real world registry. METHODS AND RESULTS We evaluated all consecutive coronary stent implantations in Sweden from May 1, 2005, to June 30, 2007. All cases of ST, documented in the Swedish coronary angiography and angioplasty registry until September 21, 2008, were analyzed....

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES To compare the 3-year incidence of major events in patients with bifurcation lesions treated with provisional sirolimus-eluting stents vs everolimus-eluting stents. METHODS A pooled analysis of 2 prospective randomized trials with similar methodology (SEAside and CORpal) was performed. In these trials, 443 patients with bifurcation lesions were randomly assigned to...

Ann Saudi Med 28(2) March-April 2008 www.kfshrc.edu.sa/annals 114 Drug-eluting stents have attracted considerable attention since their commercial approval more than 5 years ago when they were considered by some as one of the most important breakthroughs in the history of cardiovascular medicine. Different drug-eluting stents, with different drugs, different polymers, and different elution kine...

INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES The effectiveness of coronary drug-eluting stents has not been fully studied in very elderly patients who have clinical features that predispose them to side effects and long-term adverse events. METHODS The safety and efficacy of drug-eluting stents were studied in a historical cohort of consecutive octogenarian patients who underwent percutaneous coronary interve...