Drug-eluting stents versus bare metal stents in ST elevation myocardial infarction at a follow-up of three years or longer: A meta-analysis of randomized trials.

Ankur Sethi, Amol Bahekar, Rohit Bhuriya, Anurag Bajaj, Daniela Kovacs, Aziz Ahmed, Sandeep Khosla

PubMed · 2012 · 10 citations · 20 references

Abstract

DES continues to be associated with a lower repeat revascularization rate in patients with STEMI, with a small but significantly increased risk of very late stent thrombosis compared with BMS at a follow-up of three years or longer.

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