Everolimus-eluting stent implantation reduces restenosis and repeat revascularization, studies show
Thursday, October 21, 2010 - 11:22
in Health & Medicine
Two new studies have determined that everolimus-eluting stent (EES) implantation reduced the incidence of restenosis and repeat revascularization in patients with calcified culprit lesions, and had fewer clinical events. Results show the rate of major cardiac adverse events in EES-treated patients with calcified lesions were higher than in those for noncalcified lesions, but remained lower than the results of previously reported stent studies.