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Bare-metal stent restenosis rates are lower in an unselected patient population

Published in Medical Devices and Surgical Technology Week, October 8th, 2006

The rate of clinical events potentially related to bare-metal stents (BMS) in-stent restenosis in a large, unselected patient population is substantially lower than that in the control arms of some drug-eluting stents (DES) trials.

"Randomized trials have shown that DES substantially reduce in-stent restenosis compared with BMS. Revascularization event rates related to BMS restenosis may be higher in the trials setting than in real-world experience, calling into question the extent of benefit possible with widespread DES use in regular practice. Between December 1998 and March 2003, 17,102 patients with BMS registered in the Goodroe Healthcare Solutions Data Warehouse...

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