Is a bare-metal stent still useful for improving the outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention? From the FU-Registry

In patients with a lesion reference ≧ 3.08 mm, medium-term clinical and angiographic outcomes were equivalent between the use of a DES and BMS. Thus, BMS placement is well worth considering, especially in patients with a lesion reference ≧ 3.08 mm, in whom double-antiplatelet therapy needs to be stopped at an early stage.