Patient preferences prompt a peek at priorities

Key Points

• Patients rate the downsides of bare metal stents (higher restenosis rates) as being of similar magnitude to the downsides of drug eluting stents (longer dual anti-platelet therapy).
• Patient preferences regarding choice of bare metal versus drug eluting stents should be elicited before coronary stenting.
• This article does not study actual patient preferences for stent type. Future studies should assess how personalized discussions of trade-offs of stent types affect patient preferences.

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