Elderly patients undergoing PCI often receive bare-metal stents (BMS) instead of drug-eluting stents (DES) to shorten the duration of dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) and reduce bleeding risk. However ...

Sirolimus-eluting Stent versus Bare Metal Stent in Native Coronary Artery Disease The SES (Cypher) was the first approved DES by the FDA in April 2003. This is a stent that is based on a BMS and is ...

ATLANTA -- March 11, 2006 -– Patients treated with the CYPHER® Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent continued to experience significantly better long-term clinical outcomes than those who received a bare ...

Introduction Is Long-term Single Antiplatelet Clopidogrel Therapy Safe After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation in Patients on Anticoagulants? MATRIX Registry: Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After ...

Although the use of stents to treat coronary artery disease has soared during the past decade thanks to novel equipment and new implant techniques, clinical data has recently raised concerns around ...

The delivery of coronary artery stents is a procedure that affects over 1 million patients each year in the United States. With an aging population, the declining cost of stents and reimbursement ...

Background: In clinical trials, drug-eluting stents (DES) improve clinical outcomes but are more expensive than bare-metal stents (BMS). Objective: To assess clinical and economic outcomes of all ...

Angioplasty, a surgical procedure that opens blocked arteries, often involves placing a metal tube to hold arterial walls open and prevent them from collapsing once the arterial block is surgically ...

A polymer-free, drug-coated stent (DCS) gives markedly better outcomes than a bare metal stent (BMS) in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and risk factors for bleeding, report researchers.

Four-year results of the Zilver® PTX® Randomized Controlled Trial of Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents for Femoropopliteal Disease continue to demonstrate consistent, superior results when compared to bare ...

MIAMI, FL. – Rarely tested in patients over the age of 80, a study found that drug-eluting stents exhibited some benefits over bare-metal stents, though both types of stents demonstrated a clinical ...

According to the World Health Organization, cardiovascular disease (CVD) claims around 18 million lives each year, making it one of the leading causes of death globally. As the population ages, the ...