Percutaneous coronary interventions: benefit, risk and cost–effectiveness

Robert S Dieter† & Aravinda Nanjundappa †Author for correspondence Vascular & Endovascular Medicine, Interventional Cardiology, 2160 South First Avenue, Loyola University Maywood, IL 60154, USA Tel.: +1 708 216 4466; Fax: +1 708 216 8795; rdieter@lumc.edu ‘Attempts at systematically evaluating the quality of life using DES compared with BMS are fraught with divergent costs used to derive outcome analysis.’