Stent Recap: Turmoil in 2007--What's Ahead for Interventional Cardiology?

Although safety concerns about drug-eluting stents have been mitigated somewhat by recent reports of more positive clinical data, there is lingering unease and confusion in the cardiology community about when, how, and in whom to use these devices. There is also a growing wave of healthy skepticism about the way stent trials are designed and conducted, and whether evidence- based medicine is well served by the current process.