Copyright © 2004 by the European Society of Cardiology.
Editorial
Progress with diabetic patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention
Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, Newark USA
* Correspondence to: Dr. Marc Cohen, Chief Division of Cardiology, Cardiac Cath Lab Administration, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center, 201 Lyons Avenue, Newark, New Jersey 07112, USA. Tel: +1 973-926-7852, Fax: +1 973-282-0839
E-mail address: marcohen@sbhcs.com
Received 28 October 2003; accepted 5 November 2003
| The first 10% of the full text of this article appears below. |
See doi:10.1016/j.ehj.2003.11.002 for the article to which this editorial refers
A revolution has taken place. We are witnessing a time when medical intervention is quantitatively improving the clinical outcomes of diabetic patients. As physicians we knew that diabetic patients had a worse natural history than non-diabetics. As interventional cardiologists, we knew that diabetic patients suffer from much higher restenosis
![]()
CiteULike
Connotea
Del.icio.us What's this?
Related articles in EHJ:
- Sirolimus-eluting stents inhibit neointimal hyperplasia in diabetic patients: Insights from the RAVEL Trial
- Alexandre Abizaid, Marco A. Costa, Didier Blanchard, Mariano Albertal, Hélèn Eltchaninoff, Giulio Guagliumi, Laarman Geert-Jan, Andrea S. Abizaid, Amanda G.M.R. Sousa, Egon Wuelfert, Lindeboom Wietze, J.Eduardo Sousa, Patrick W. Serruys, Marie-Claude Morice, and on behalf of the Ravel Investigators
EHJ 2004 25: 107-112.[Abstract] [FREE Full Text]