The impact of overlap of drug-eluting stents on clinical and angiographic outcomes is controversial. Individuals with long coronary lesions requiring implantation of multiple stents are an ...
Premature discontinuation of antiplatelet therapy is the most important predictor of stent thrombosis; therefore, patients who are candidates for implantation of drug-eluting stents should be ...
A randomized comparison of combined ticlopidine and aspirin therapy versus aspirin therapy alone after successful intravascular ultrasound-guided stent implantation. Circulation, 1996; 93: 215–22.
However, traditional metal stents may cause restenosis-;a re-narrowing of the artery-;due to excessive smooth muscle cell proliferation one month after implantation. Drug-eluting stents are widely ...