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Safety of coronary sirolimus-eluting stents in daily clinical practice: one-year follow-up of the e-Cypher registry

April 25, 2006   Categories: New articles  Posted by admin

Between April 2002 and September 2005, data were collected on 15,157 patients who underwent implantation of > or =1 SES at 279 medical centers from 41 countries. An independent endpoint review committee adjudicated all reported major adverse cardiovascular events, stent thromboses, and target-vessel revascularizations. Data were managed and analyzed by independent organizations.

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