Biolimus-eluting stent with biodegradable polymer versus sirolimus-eluting stent with durable polymer for coronary revascularisation (LEADERS): a randomised non-inferiority trial.

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Published in Lancet on August 31, 2008

Authors

Stephan Windecker1, Patrick W Serruys, Simon Wandel, Pawel Buszman, Stanislaw Trznadel, Axel Linke, Karsten Lenk, Thomas Ischinger, Volker Klauss, Franz Eberli, Roberto Corti, William Wijns, Marie-Claude Morice, Carlo di Mario, Simon Davies, Robert-Jan van Geuns, Pedro Eerdmans, Gerrit-Anne van Es, Bernhard Meier, Peter Jüni

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cardiology, and CTU Bern, Bern University Hospital, Bern, Switzerland. stephan.windecker@insel.ch

Associated clinical trials:

Limus Eluted From A Durable Versus ERodable Stent Coating (LEADERS) | NCT00389220

BES, EES, and ZES-R in Real World Practice (CHOICE) | NCT01397175

The Comparative Study of OCT,Gemstone CT and 320-detector Row Spiral CT for Evaluating Restenosis of Coronary Artery Stent | NCT02219594

e-NOBORI Observational Registry of Nobori DES (e-NOBORI) | NCT01261273

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