“…[17][18][19][20] Some studies analyzed the influence of using drug-eluting stents on selection of diabetic patients treated by PCI, and demonstrated the greater availability of such stents increa ses the indications for more complex cases and enables achieving more complete myocardial revascularization. [7][8][9] Two temporal trends demonstrated in this study with diabetic patients show what occurred with the Brazilian population in the past 10 years: aging, with older individuals having access to the healthcare system, and reduction in smoking, as a consequence of policies and laws restricting this habit. Another result that may find an answer in the organization of health policies in our country, instead of representing improvement of cardiovascular prevention actions, was the progressive reduction of patients with STEMI and, consequently, of primary PCI during the course of the study.…”