Tag: bare metal stents
ESC 2017: Alternative strategies needed for treating stenotic lesions in saphenous vein grafts
The recent DIVA (Drug-eluting stents vs. bare metal stents in saphenous vein graft angioplasty) ...
NORSTENT shows bare metal stents have improved
The NORSTENT (Norwegian coronary stent trial) study, which was presented at the 2016 European So...
ESC 2016: Bare metal stents inferior to drug-eluting stents for saphenous vein graft PCI at three years
Data from a new study, BASKET-SAVAGE, indicate that patients who receive a drug-eluting stent wh...
ESC 2016: Drug-eluting stents are still preferred despite no long-term survival advantage over bare metal stents
The results of NORSTENT (Norwegian coronary stent trial) indicate that second-generation drug-el...