title: Coronary stents: current status.
abstract: Coronary artery stents revolutionized the practice of interventional cardiology after they were first introduced in the mid-1980s. Since then, there have been significant developments in their design, the most notable of which has been the introduction of drug-eluting stents. This paper reviews the benefits, risks, and current status of Food and Drug Administration-approved drug-eluting stents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Interventional Cardiology, Thoraxcenter, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Scot
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.forename: Patrick W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: Serruys
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D000818:Animals; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic / Q000379:methods; D023903:Coronary Restenosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D003331:Coronary Vessels / Q000473:pathology* / Q000502:physiology; D018795:Device Approval; D054855:Drug-Eluting Stents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards* / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D015607:Stents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000592:standards / Q000639:trends; D014481:United States