DUTCH PEERS: Third Generation Drug-Eluting Stents from Medtronic and Boston Scientific Are (Almost) Equivalent

Are third generation drug-eluting stents interchangeable? And what exactly is a "third generation" drug-eluting stent anyway? These were questions addressed by the DUTCH PEERS randomized clinical trial, recently published in The Lancet. The results showed that the Resolute Integrity was non-inferior to the Promus Element. There was, however, one parameter in which the two stents were not the same: longitudinal stent deformation.
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