Circulation publishes Benestent II pilot results
This article was originally published in Clinica
Executive Summary
Heparin-coated stents are 99% effective in opening coronary arteries without clotting complications, according to results from the Benestent II pilot study published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, this month. Stent thrombosis was 3.5% in Benestent I, the trial of the uncoated Palmaz-Schatz stent. The pilot study results, were first presented at the European Society of Cardiology meeting in Amsterdam in August 1995 (see Clinica No 669/70, p 24).