CORONARY INTERVENTIONS

Selective use of contemporary drug-eluting stents in primary angioplasty for ST-elevation myocardial infarction: pooled analysis of COMFORTABLE AMI and EXAMINATION

EuroIntervention 2017;12:1577-1586 published online October 2016. DOI: 10.4244/EIJ-D-15-00408

Andreas Baumbach
Andreas Baumbach1*, MD; Dik Heg2, PhD; Lorenz Räber3, MD; Miodrag Ostoijc4, MD; Salvatore Brugaletta5, MD, PhD; Julian W. Strange1, MD; Thomas W. Johnson1, MD; Peter Jüni2, MD; Thomas Engstrøm6, MD; Patrick W. Serruys7, MD, PhD; Manel Sabaté5, MD, PhD; Stephan Windecker2, MD
1. Bristol Heart Institute, University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom; 2. CTU Bern, Department of Clinical Research, and Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM), University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland; 3. Departm

Aims: Selective use of DES only in patients at higher risk of MACE is common practice, particularly in healthcare systems with a large premium payable for DES. We aimed to identify subgro

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