Change in enrollment patterns, patient selection, and clinical outcomes with the availability of drug-eluting stents in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes trial

Conclusions: When DES became available in North America, patients were more likely to be selected into the PCI-intended stratum. Compared with patients receiving BMS, those receiving DES tended to have less target vessel revascularization and angina.

Source: American Heart Journal - August 7, 2013 Category: Cardiology Authors: Binita Shah, Vankeepuram S. Srinivas, Jiang Lu, Maria M. Brooks, Eric R. Bates, Zoran S. Nedeljkovic, Jorge Escobedo, Gladwin S. Das, John J. Lopez, Frederick Feit Tags: Interventional Cardiology Source Type: research