Meta-analysis of outcomes from drug-eluting stent implantation in femoropopliteal arteries
Mingxuan Li,
Haixia Tu,
Yu Yan
et al.
Abstract:Objective
In recent years, studies of drug-eluting stent (DES) for femoropopliteal artery diseases (FPADs) have been gradually published. To explore whether this type of stent is superior to the traditional bare metal stent (BMS), we performed this study.
Methods
A systematic search for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) in Excerpta Medica Database (Embase), PubMed, Web of Science (WOS), and Cochrane Library was performed on November 29, 2022. We innovatively adopted the hazard ratio (HR), the most appropri… Show more
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