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To the Editor: In their report on stent use in primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), Spaulding et al. (Sept. 14 issue) suggest that sirolimus-eluting stents are superior to conventional stents in patients with acute myocardial infarction.¹ However, some methodologic issues should be addressed. First, despite the randomized design of the study, there were imbalances in most of the procedure-related factors (length and size of the stent and balloon inflation pressure). These imbalances imply the use of different strategies — not disclosed — that might have influenced the results.² Likewise, the reasons for the poorer early angiographic results (luminal diameter and . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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