• Drug-Eluting versus Bare-Metal Stents in Saphenous Vein Grafts Compared to Native Coronary Vessels: The Norwegian Coronary Stent Trial Study 

      Mølstad, Per; Nordrehaug, Jan Erik; Steigen, Terje; Wilsgaard, Tom; Wiseth, Rune; Rotevatn, Svein; Mannsverk, Jan Torbjørn; Larsen, Tommy; Larsby, Kristina; Skarstad, Sigrun; Fosse, Eivind Øygard; Dahl-Eriksen, Øystein; Bønaa, Kaare Harald (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-01)
      Background: Drug-eluting stents (DES) reduce target lesion revascularization (TLR) with no effect on mortality or myocardial infarction (MI) compared to bare-metal stents (BMS) in native vessels. Randomized stent studies in saphenous vein grafts (SVG) are few and the reported effects are ambiguous. The Norwegian Coronary Stent Trial study is the first to randomize lesions to percutaneous coronary ...