Identification and management of patients at high bleeding risk undergoing percutaneous
coronary intervention are of major importance, but a lack of standardization in defining this …

Coronary artery stents revolutionized the practice of interventional cardiology after they were
first introduced in the mid-1980s. Since then, there have been significant developments in …

Background—Stent thrombosis is a lethal complication of endovascular intervention.
Concern has been raised about the inherent risk associated with specific stent designs and …

Background—Drug-eluting stents (DES) have been in clinical use for nearly a decade;
however, the relative short-and long-term efficacy and safety of DES compared with bare …

Background The effectiveness of durable polymer drug-eluting stents comes at the expense
of delayed arterial healing and subsequent late adverse events such as stent thrombosis …

Objectives To investigate the safety and efficacy of durable polymer drug eluting stents
(DES) and biodegradable polymer biolimus eluting stents (biolimus-ES). Design Network …

Background Third-generation biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stents might reduce the
risk of stent thrombosis compared with first-generation permanent polymer drug-eluting …

Background: Long-term safety and efficacy for everolimus-eluting stents (EES) versus those
of sirolimus-eluting stents (SES) are unknown. Objectives: This study compared 5-year …

Summary Background In the RESOLUTE All Comers trial, the Resolute zotarolimus-eluting
stent was non-inferior to the Xience V everolimus-eluting stent for the primary stent-related …

Abstract The WDHR (Western Denmark Heart Registry) is a seminational, multicenter-based
registry with longitudinal registration of detailed patient and procedure data since 1999. The …