The investigators searched the literature (from 1994 to 2004) for prospective randomized trials comparing bare-metal stenting and ... among patients who received stents than among those who ...

Drug-eluting stents reduce the occurrence of in-stent restenosis and the need for subsequent target vessel revascularization when compared with bare-metal stents. However, drug-eluting stents may ...

Interv Cardiol. 2012;4(1):1557-1564. Although drug-eluting stents (DES) are more effective than bare-metal stent (BMS) in reducing restenosis rate, there is the need for a prolonged dual ...