Coated Stents are safer and more effective than bare metal ones
In Patients with diabetes, drug-coated stents prove safer and more effective than bare metal stents, a new study says. Study author Dr. Laura Mauri, ...
In Patients with diabetes, drug-coated stents prove safer and more effective than bare metal stents, a new study says.
Study author Dr. Laura Mauri, who is an assistant professor of medicine at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, says: “With drug-coated stents, I would say, there is clear efficacy and clear reduction for repeat revascularization procedures.”
“This is an important caveat and I think we have to judge our patients and need to know them as individual to determine on a case-by-case basis. It’s not a blanket statement, but in general, use of drug-coated stents in diabetic patients is really quite beneficial,” Mauri added.
The study has been presented at the American Heart Association’s annual scientific sessions in New Orleans on Monday.
