Comparison of Coronary Xience V and the Cypher Select+ Stents in Diabetic Patients

A Danish Prospective Randomized Multicenter Comparison of the Xience V and the Cypher Select+ Stents in Unselective Patients With Diabetes Mellitus. An Intravascular Ultrasound Study.

In stent neointimal hyperplasia may be less in the Cypher select plus stent compared to the Xience V stent in diabetic patients.

Inclusion Criteria:

• All diabetic patients treated with one or more drug eluting stents in the coronary arteries at one of the 5 heart centres in Denmark (Gentofte, Rigshospitalet, Odense, Skejby, Aalborg) can be included in the study.

Exclusion Criteria:

• The patient will not participate
• The patient participates in other randomised stent studies
• Expected survival < 1 year
• Allergy to Aspirin, Clopidogrel or Ticlopidine
• Allergy to Sirolimus or ABT-578