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Heart 2005;91:1377-1379; doi:10.1136/hrt.2005.060954
Copyright © 2005 BMJ Publishing Group Ltd & British Cardiovascular Society

EDITORIAL

Is there any place for oral anti-restenotic treatment in the era of drug eluting stents?

A H Gershlick

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Correspondence to:
Dr Anthony H Gershlick
University of Leicester School of Medicine, Glenfield General Hospital, Leicester LE3 9QP, UK; agershlick{at}aol.com

ABSTRACT

Are drug eluting stents destined to become the standard of care for all patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention, or are alternative therapeutic approaches preferable under certain circumstances?

Abbreviations: CABG, coronary artery bypass graft surgery; DES, drug eluting stents; MACE, major adverse cardiac events; PCI, percutaneous coronary intervention; TLR, target lesion revascularisation; TVR, target vessel revascularisation

Keywords: drug eluting stents; percutaneous coronary intervention; rapamycin


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