Meta-analysis of Trials Comparing Drug-eluting Stents with Bare Metal Stents: Safety and Efficacy
Hussein Rayatzadeh, Ali Reza Khoshdel, Sam Chitsaz, Ali Pasha Meysamie & Jamshid Bagheri · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2016
Background: Effects of drug-eluting stents (DESs) on clinical outcomes as well as stent thrombosis are still under debate. Methods: Our meta-analysis included 26 randomized trials comparing DESs with bare metal stents (BMSs). The endpoints analyzed were all-cause mortality, cardi...
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10.9734/BJMMR/2016/24622