Still a future for the bare metal stent?
Percutaneous coronary intervention has witnessed a number of instrumental breakthroughs resulting in improved clinical and angiographic outcomes. Coronary stenting has now surpassed balloon angioplasty as the main treatment strategy due primarily to a more predictable immediate success and a significantly lower risk of restenosis. Stent types have also noticeably changed over recent years with a shift from bare metal to drug eluting coatings. Despite improved outcomes with drug eluting stents however, their bare metal counterparts will continue to play a role for both clinical and economic reasons, at least for the foreseeable future.
Barlis
Peter
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Di Mario
Carlo
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D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000191:economics; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000628:therapy; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000209:etiology; D016503:Drug Delivery Systems; D006801:Humans; D011474:Prosthesis Design; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects
D020099:Coated Materials, Biocompatible