Rates of Stent Thrombosis in Bare-Metal Versus Drug-Eluting Stents (from a Large Australian Multicenter Registry)

Recent reports suggest that drug-eluting stents (DESs) may increase the risk of stent thrombosis (ST) relative to bare-metal stents (BMSs). Therefore, the aim of this study was to compare DES and BMS outcomes with a specific focus on ST. We analyzed 30-day and 1-year outcomes of 2,919 patients who u...

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Main Authors: Yan, B., Duffy, S., Clark, D., Lefkovits, J., Warren, R., Gurvitch, R., Lew, R., Sebastian, M., Brennan, A., Andrianopoulos, N., Reid, Christopher, Ajani, A.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Excerpta Medica, Inc 2008
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/16741