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- Understanding and minimizing late thrombosis of drug-eluting stents
Though late stent thrombosis is rare, the risk is real and it is greater with drug-eluting stents than with bare metal stents.
- New Series: Choosing the right coronary test
Technical advances have substantially improved the clinician’s ability to find and describe coronary disease. They also pose a bewildering array of choices.
- What is the best test for a patient with classic angina?
In patients with a normal resting electrocardiogram and no prior revascularization, a regular exercise stress test without imaging should suffice. However, no randomized trials have been done to determine if this strategy leads to better outcomes than empiric therapy does.