NEJM Study Finds Drug-Eluting Stents More Effective Than Bare-metal Stents in Heart Attack Patients

EurekAlert! -- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center, together with the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), announced that its landmark study comparing the safety and efficacy of drug-eluting stents and bare-metal stents was published in the May 7 New England Journal of Medicine.