1. Drug-eluting and bare metal stents

Drug-eluting stents in elderly patients with coronary artery disease

SENIOR
Objective
to compare the outcome of elderly patients treated with drug-eluting stents vs bare metal stents
Study
single-blind, multicentre, randomised trial
Population
patients aged 75 or older, PCI for stable coronary artery disease or acute coronary syndrome
Endpoints
to compare major adverse cardiac and cerebrovascular events between groups at 1 year
Conclusion
among elderly patients who have PCI, a DES and a short duration of DAPT are better than BMS and a similar duration of DAPT with respect to the occurence of all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction, stroke and ischemia- driven target lesion revascularisation
Varenne et al. Lancet. 2018;391:41-50
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