NEJM AUDIO SUMMARYSupplement to the New England Journal of Medicine, Vol. 356, No. 10.
This summary covers the issue of March 8, 2007. Featured are articles on a pooled analysis of data comparing sirolimus-eluting stents with bare-metal stents, safety and efficacy of sirolimus- and paclitaxel-eluting coronary stents, long-term outcomes with drug-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents in Sweden, stent thrombosis in randomized clinical trials of drug-eluting stents, analysis of 14 trials comparing sirolimus-eluting stents with bare-metal stents, and the ethical challenges posed by the solicitation of deceased and living organ donors; a review article on pediatric strabismus; a case report of a woman with diabetic renal disease and nonhealing skin ulcers; and Perspective articles on drug-eluting stents and the risk of late thrombosis and the FDA perspective on stent thrombosis. |
