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- Title
Effectiveness of Drug-Eluting Stents in Real-World Patients.
- Authors
Mukherjee, Debabrata; Moliterno, David J.
- Abstract
This editorial comments on a study in this issue which compared two drug-eluting stents and found little difference in their efficacy. Although the study did not find much difference, the authors say a meta-analysis of 38 trials suggested that the sirolimus-eluting stents were better than the paclitaxel-eluting stents. Physicians will have to choose which stent to use based on multiple factors such as safety, availability, cost and effectiveness.
- Subjects
SURGICAL stents; DECISION making in clinical medicine; DECISION making; MEDICAL care costs
- Publication
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association, 2008, Vol 299, Issue 4, p454
- ISSN
0098-7484
- Publication type
Editorial
- DOI
10.1001/jama.299.4.454