TC-WYRE: TAXUS Express Stent vs. Cypher Stent - What's Your Real Life Experience?

TC-WYRE: TAXUS Express Stent vs. Cypher Stent - What's Your Real Life Experience?

To compare the relative efficacy and safety of the TAXUS Express2 stents and the Cypher stents among a broad, unselected patient population treated in a nationwide, multi-center clinical registry representative of 'real-world,' contemporary clinical practice. A secondary objective is to examine performance of the two stents in pre-specified subgroup populations and examine regional and national patterns in outcomes.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patients treated with a TAXUS Express2 stent or a Cypher stent between April 1, 2005 and June 30, 2005.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Simultaneous treatment with both TAXUS and Cypher stents during the index revascularization. Patients who have undergone previous target vessel(s), stenting procedure within 9 months of the index procedure will be excluded.