BIOSCIENCE study: Absorbable polymer versus permanent in sirolimus-eluting stents

This multicenter study randomized 1063 patients to receive the sirolimus-eluting stent with absorbable polymer and 1056 patients to permanent polymer stent. No differences in stent thrombosis (3.4% in the group with permanent polymer versus 2.8% in the group with absorbable polymer), target vessel revascularization (6.7% for both) or mortality (2.1% versus 2.9%; p = 0.7). The absorbable polymer stent was non-inferior to permanent polymer stent. 

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Thomas Pilgrim
2014-09-01

Original title: Randomized comparison of a novel, ultrathin strut biodegradable polymer sirolimus-eluting stent with a durable polymer everolimus-eluting stent for percutaneous coronary revascularization. BIOSCIENCE study.

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