Second Generation Drug-Eluting Stents: A Review of the Everolimus-Eluting Platform
Everolimus-eluting stents (EES) represent the next generation of drug-eluting stents (DES). Important design modifications include thin strut stent backbones, less inflammatory and more biocompatible polymers, and lower drug dosing. The cobalt chromium EES fluoropolymer XIENCE V stent has been the m...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SAGE Publishing
2013-01-01
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| Series: | Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.4137/CMC.S11516 |