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Investigators at Washington Hospital Center, Division of Cardiology target diabetes

Published in Hospital Law Weekly, May 29th, 2008

Scientists discuss in 'Outcomes after sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting stent implantation in patients with insulin-treated diabetes mellitus' new findings in diabetes. "Insulin-treated diabetic patients undergoing drug-eluting stent implantation are prone to high rates of adverse cardiac events. The efficacy of the sirolimus-(SES) and paclitaxel-eluting stent (PES) in this population was analyzed," researchers in the United States report.

"Registry data for 434 consecutive patients with insulin-treated diabetes who underwent SES or PES implantation were analyzed. The end point, major adverse cardiac events (MACEs) at 1 year, was high for patients with SESs and PESs...

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