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Figure 1 Derivation of Study Population

Derivation of study sample from percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) done between May 2003 and September 2005. *Includes patients treated with bare-metal stents or any combination of drug-eluting and/or bare-metal stents. PES = paclitaxel-eluting stent; SES = sirolimus-eluting stent.