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Comparison of biodegradable and durable polymer drug-eluting stents in acute coronary syndrome: a meta-analysis.
Synthesis in BMJ open, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00389220 (A Randomized Comparison of a Biolimus-Eluting Stent With a Sirolimus-Eluting Stent for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention), which is not on this map. Cited by 6 papers.
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A Randomized Comparison of a Biolimus-Eluting Stent With a Sirolimus-Eluting Stent for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
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6 citing papers in PubMed, 11 citations in OpenAlex.
- Outcomes of durable versus biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stents in patients with coronary artery disease.International journal of cardiology. Heart & vasculature · 2026Article
- Next-generation biodegradable cardiovascular stents: integrating biosensors and personalized drug delivery for improved outcomes.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2025Article
- Long non-coding RNA SNHG7 serves as a diagnostic biomarker for acute coronary syndrome and its predictive value for the clinical outcome after percutaneous coronary intervention.Journal of cardiothoracic surgery · 2024Article
- Long-term outcomes following ultrathin vs thin-strut drug-eluting stents for percutaneous coronary intervention: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized control trials.American journal of cardiovascular disease · 2024Review
- Assessment of the Graft Quality and Patency during and after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Is There an Advantage of Ultrathin-Strut Drug-Eluting Stents over Second- and Third-Generation Drug-Eluting Stents?Journal of personalized medicine · 2023Review
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo compare the safety and effectiveness between biodegradable polymer drug-eluting stents (BP-DES) and durable polymer drug-eluting stents (DP-DES) in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
designMeta-analysis of randomised controlled trials (RCTs). PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOME MEASURES: Major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) were considered the primary endpoint. Efficacy endpoints included target vessel revascularisation (TVR) and target lesion revascularisation (TLR). Safety endpoints included all-cause death, cardiac death, target vessel myocardial infarction and stent thrombosis (ST).
methodsWe searched PubMed, Medline, Embase and the Cochrane Controlled Register of Trials for comparative studies of BP-DES and DP-DES in patients with ACS from January 2000 to July 2021. Statistical pooling was performed to estimate incidence using a random-effects model with generic inverse-variance weighting. Risk estimates were computed with 95% CIs.
resultsEight articles with seven RCTs that compared BP-DES and DP-DES in patients with ACS were identified and included in the qualitative and quantitative analyses. There was no difference in the baseline characteristics, except for the number of smoking patients (OR: 1.13, 95% CI 1.03 to 1.24; p=0.008, I
conclusionThis meta-analysis revealed that both stent types demonstrated excellent safety and efficacy profiles at 12 months. However, a slight increase in MACEs, TLR, TVR and ST incidence was observed in the DP-DES group over the 2-year follow-up period, suggesting that BP-DES may be more favourable when treating patients with ACS. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT00389220.
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