PCI with everolimus-eluting stents reported more MACE, finds a study: NEJM
Written By : Dr.Niharika Harsha B
Medically Reviewed By : Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli
Published On 2022-09-30 04:45 GMT | Update On 2022-09-30 07:25 GMT
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More major adverse cardiac events (MACE) were reported in patients who have undergone percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with everolimus-eluting stents than among those who had undergone CABG as per a recent study that was published in the journal The New England Journal of Medicine.
PCI is a non-surgical, invasive procedure done to relieve the occluded blood vessels. Trials done in the past comparing PCI with coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) have not made use of second-generation drug-eluting stents. Hence researchers conducted a study to compare the rate of MACE among those who had undergone PCI with the use of everolimus-eluting stents with those who had undergone CABG.
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