Impact of Stent Overlap on Angiographic and Long-Term Clinical Outcome in Patients Undergoing Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation

We compared the angiographic and long-term clinical outcomes of patients with and without overlap of drug-eluting stents (DES).DES overlap has been associated with delayed healing and increased inflammation in experimental studies, but its impact on clinical outcome is not well established.We analyzed the angiographic and clinical outcomes of 1,012 patients treated with DES in the SIRTAX (Sirolimus-Eluting Versus Paclitaxel-Eluting Stents for...