Drug-Eluting Stents More Effective Than Bare-Metal Stents In Heart Att...

Drug-Eluting Stents More Effective Than Bare-Metal Stents In Heart Attack Patients

5/27/2009

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center, together with the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), announced that its landmark study comparing the safety and efficacy of drug-eluting stents and bare-metal stents was published in the May 7 New England Journal of Medicine..

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