Trials Differ On Safety Of Treating Heart Attacks With Drug-Eluting Stents
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Two new studies offer differing conclusions on the benefits of drug-eluting stent treatments in patients who have suffered a heart attack
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