Use of drug-eluting versus bare-metal stents after an acute coronary syndrome in Portugal: The EURHOBOP study

Conclusions Approximately two-thirds of patients received drug-eluting stents, which were less frequently implanted in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction, aged over 80 years, female, with a previous history of stroke, anticoagulation and/or atrial fibrillation and anemia. Patients who had previously undergone PCI and those with the anterior descending artery as the infarct-related artery were more likely to receive a drug-eluting stent.
Source: Revista Portuguesa de Cardiologia - Category: Cardiology Source Type: research