TAXUS DES Trials Results: How Long Should Thienopyridine Be Used After Drug Eluting Stent?

gregg stone TAXUS DES Trials Results: How Long Should Thienopyridine Be Used After Drug Eluting Stent?
Gregg Stone
REFERENCE: Abstract 2357, American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 4-7 November, 2007, Orlando, Florida
GREGG STONE, Columbia University, New York
New light has been thrown on the use of thienopyridine therapy after percutaneous intervention using drug-eluting stents. Gregg Stone presented data from the TAXUS DES trials which looked at patients surviving more than a year after receiving either paclitaxel-eluting or bare metal stents. After his talk at the American Heart Association he discussed his findings with Sarah Maxwell.

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