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SUBMITTER: Dake MD
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6940321 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Dake Michael D MD Ansel Gary M GM Bosiers Marc M Holden Andrew A Iida Osamu O Jaff Michael R MR Lottes Aaron E AE O'Leary Erin E EE Saunders Alan T AT Schermerhorn Marc M Yokoi Hiroyoshi H Zeller Thomas T
Cardiovascular and interventional radiology 20190909 1
<h4>Purpose</h4>Patient-level data from two large studies of the Zilver PTX drug-eluting stent (DES) with long-term follow-up and concurrent non-drug comparator groups were analyzed to determine whether there was an increased mortality risk due to paclitaxel.<h4>Methods</h4>Data from the Zilver PTX randomized controlled trial (RCT) and Zilver PTX and bare metal stent (BMS) Japan post-market surveillance studies were analyzed. Five-year follow-up is complete in both DES studies; follow-up for the ...[more]