Medical Uses
PCI does not have any benefit over taking appropriate medications for those with stable coronary artery disease. In those with unstable disease however it is beneficial.
Bare-metal stents (BMS) and drug-eluting stents (DES) result in an equivalent chance of death when used for primary angioplasty of ST elevation myocardial infarction. Cobalt-chromium stents which elutes everolimus appear to clot off less often than other types of stents including bare metal stents.
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