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Impact of age on clinical outcomes after everolimus-eluting and paclitaxel-eluting stent implantation: pooled analysis from the SPIRIT III and SPIRIT IV clinical trials

Authors :
Robert J. Applegate
Joanne M. Ferguson
John C. Wang
Poornima Sood
Gregg W. Stone
Ali Rizvi
Robert S. Smith
James B. Hermiller
Sherry Cao
Krishnankutty Sudhir
Manejeh Yaqub
Paul C. Gordon
Source :
EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology. 8(1)
Publication Year :
2012

Abstract

AIMS The impact of age on outcomes following everolimus-eluting stent (EES) or paclitaxel-eluting stent (PES) implantation was evaluated in a patient-level pooled analysis of the SPIRIT III (n=1,002) and SPIRIT IV (n=3,687) trials. METHODS AND RESULTS Clinical outcomes with EES compared to PES in elderly (≥ 65 years, n=2,071) and younger (

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ISSN :
19696213
Volume :
8
Issue :
1
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
EuroIntervention : journal of EuroPCR in collaboration with the Working Group on Interventional Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology
Accession number :
edsair.doi.dedup.....36ec2404beae4a89fd47a7fc700bdbd3