Cleveland Clinic Analysis Finds Patients With Drug-Eluting Stents Are At Increased Risk For Late Thrombosis

... There is as much as a four- to five- fold increased relative risk for late thrombosis, or blood clot formation, in patients with drug-eluting stents compared to those with bare-metal stents, according to a Cleveland Clinic-led meta-analysis published in the December issue of the American Journal of Medicine. This is the first published analysis of its kind. [click link for full article] ...