European task force: Docs should favor drug-eluting stents over bioresorbable scaffolds

Physicians should not use bioresorbable scaffolds in place of current-generation drug-eluting stents, according to a report from the European Society of Cardiology and European Association of Percutaneous Cardiovascular Inventions. The ECS/EAPCI report says that as long as concerns remain about the increased risk of myocardial infarction and scaffold thrombosis linked with bioresorbable scaffolds, physicians should favor using drug-eluting stents. Get the full story at our sister site, Drug Delivery Business News. The post European task force: Docs should favor drug-eluting stents over bioresorbable scaffolds appeared first on MassDevice.
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