First-in-man use of polymer-free valsartan-eluting stents in small coronary vessels: a comparison to polymer-free rapamycin (2%)-eluting stents

Introduction. Orally administered angiotensin receptor antagonists administered after bare-metal stent implantation and even after drug-eluting stent implantation seem to lower in-stent restenosis rates.Whether valsartan-eluting stents are similarly effective was tested here in a first-in-man trial....

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Main Authors: Stefan Peters, Boris Behnisch, Torsten Heilmann, Christian Richter
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi - SAGE Publishing 2009-06-01
Series:Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/1470320308098591