Effectiveness of Drug-Eluting Stents in Real-World Patients.

This editorial comments on a study in this issue which compared two drug-eluting stents and found little difference in their efficacy. Although the study did not find much difference, the authors say a meta-analysis of 38 trials suggested that the sirolimus-eluting stents were better than the paclitaxel-eluting stents. Physicians will have to choose which stent to use based on multiple factors such as safety, availability, cost and effectiveness.