Drug-coated stents safer for bypass patients
Washington, Jan 23 Drug coated stents are safer for coronary bypass patients as they carry lower risks of complications than bare-metal stents, says a new study.
A study based on more than 1.5 million percutaneous coronary intervention procedures suggests that the use of drug-eluting stents varies widely among US physicians, and is only modestly correlated with the patient's risk of coronary artery restenosis, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication.