title: Second- versus first-generation drug-eluting stents for diabetic patients: a meta-analysis.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The issue of whether various drug-eluting stents (DES) provide similar benefit in diabetic patients with coronary artery disease remains unclear. The purpose of the study is to assess the clinical utility of the second-generation and first-generation DES in patients with diabetes mellitus by a meta-analysis.
  
  
  METHODS
  A systematic literature search of PubMed, EMBASE, and Cochrane databases was conducted. We included randomized trials involving head-to-head comparison of clinical outcomes of second- versus first-generation DES in patients with a diagnosis of diabetes with at least 6-month follow-up data. Summary statistics were calculated using random-effects models.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 10 trials with 4503 patients were available for analysis. The pooled analyses showed that the second-generation everolimus-eluting stent (EES) significantly lowered all-cause mortality (risk ratio (RR) = 0.58, 95% CI: 0.37-0.90; p = 0.01) and the risk of stent thrombosis (RR = 0.46, 95% CI: 0.22-0.95; p = 0.03) compared with the first-generation sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) and the overall first-generation DES, respectively. Moreover, the EES showed a tendency toward reducing the incidence of recurrent myocardial infarction when compared with paclitaxel-eluting stents (PES) (RR = 0.58, p = 0.08). In contrast, the second-generation zotarolimus-eluting stents (ZES) were associated with increased rates of stent thrombosis and risk of target lesion revascularization in comparison with the SES (both p < 0.05) or the overall first-generation DES (both p < 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The second-generation EES are highly effective in reducing the risk of major cardiac events in diabetic patients with coronary artery disease.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Science and Technology University, Luoyang, China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Science and Technology University, Luoyang, China.
authors.forename: Pingshuan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dong
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Henan Science and Technology University, Luoyang, China.
authors.forename: Zhijuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: diabetes; everolimus-eluting stents; meta-analysis; zotarolimus-eluting stents