"Drug-Eluting Stents" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				Stents that are covered with materials that are embedded with chemicals that are gradually released into the surrounding milieu.
    
			
			
				
				
					
						| Descriptor ID | D054855 | 
					
						| MeSH Number(s) | E07.695.750.500 | 
					
						| Concept/Terms | Drug-Eluting StentsDrug-Eluting StentsDrug Eluting StentsDrug-Eluting StentStent, Drug-ElutingStents, Drug-ElutingStents, Drug Eluting
 Drug-Coated StentsDrug-Coated StentsDrug Coated StentsDrug-Coated StentStent, Drug-CoatedStents, Drug-CoatedStents, Drug Coated
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| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
| 2016 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 
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				Below are the most recent publications written about "Drug-Eluting Stents" by people in Profiles.
						
					
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								Atherosclerotic plaque behind the stent changes after bare-metal and drug-eluting stent implantation in humans: Implications for late stent failure? Atherosclerosis. 2016 09; 252:9-14. 
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								Provisional main branch stenting with drug-eluting stents after drug-eluting balloon treatment of the side branch: a simple and durable technique for treating bifurcation lesions. Int J Cardiol. 2015 Mar 01; 182:294-6.