SIROCCO trial

In the periphery, the siroUmus-coated cordis self-expandable stent (SIROCCO) trial, a randomized, donble-bhnd study comparing sirolimus eluting stents to nitinol bare metal stents in patients with chronic limb ischemia caused by superficial femoral artery occlusions or stenoses, reported no difference between drag elntmg and bare metal stents. Both stent types improved the arterial brachial indices and claudication symptoms, and both stent types demonstrated similarly low restenosis rates (22.9% for sirolimus eluting stents vs 21.1% for nitinol bare metal stents p>0.05)... 

Duda SH, Bosiers M, Lammer J, Scheinert D, Zeller T, Oliva V, et al. Drug-eluting and bare nitinol stents for the treatment of atherosclerotic lesions in the superficial femoral artery long-term results from the SIROCCO trial. J Endovasc Titer 2006 13(6) 701-10. 

Scheinert D, Scheinert S, Schmidt A, Braunlich S, Muniez-Devos D. Sirolimus-eluting stents in obstructions of the superficial femoral artery Long-term results of double-blind randomized trial (Sirocco trial) 2003. Circulation 2003 108 abstract 2753. 

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