EXAMINATION: Similar Outcomes with New-Generation DES Compared with BMS for Patients with Acute STEMI Undergoing PCI

Summary

For patients with acute ST elevation myocardial infarction, outcomes with percutaneous coronary intervention using a new-generation drug-eluting stent were similar after 1 year compared with a bare-metal stent, according to new findings from the Evaluation of Xience V Stent in Acute Myocardial Infarction trial [EXAMINATION; NCT00828087].

  • Cardiology Clinical Trials
  • Interventional Techniques & Devices
  • Myocardial Infarction
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