The international journal of cardiovascular imaging
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Int J Cardiovasc Imaging · Feb 2008
Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter StudyAngiographic and 3D intravascular ultrasound assessment of overlapping bare metal stent and three different formulations of drug-eluting stents in patients with diabetes mellitus.
The aim of this study was to examine the impact of overlapping bare-metal stent (BMS) and three different formulations of drug-eluting stent (DES) on intimal hyperplasia (IH) response of patients with diabetes mellitus (DM). ⋯ Overlapping BMS is associated with enhanced IH response in diabetic patients, whereas overlapping DES, particularly SES and PES, appear effective to inhibit IH without detectable late vascular adverse effects.