Do drug eluting stents DES increase deaths?

by Editor on September 5, 2006 in Asides

ESC Event News – Do drug eluting stents increase deaths? This study from the World Congress Of Cardiology says that first generation DES do.

Update – Boston Scientific confirms increased risk of blood clots.

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