The Medical Letter on Drugs and Therapeutics
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December 24, 2012
Choice of Drug-Eluting Stents
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Choice of Drug-Eluting Stents
December 24, 2012 (Issue: 1406)
The use of intracoronary stents in angioplasty procedures
has improved both short- and long-term success
rates. In recent years, drug-eluting stents (DESs) have
largely replaced bare-metal stents (BMSs).
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