Outcomes with the paclitaxel-eluting stent in patients with acute coronary syndromes
Analysis from the TAXUS-IV trial
Jeffrey W. Moses, MD, FACC*, ,
Roxana Mehran, MD, FACC*, ,
Eugenia Nikolsky, MD*, ,
John M. Lasala, MD, FACC ,1,
Woodrow Corey, MD, FACC ,
Glenn Albin, MD, FACC||,
Cary Hirsch, MD, FACC¶,
Martin B. Leon, MD, FACC*, ,
Mary E. Russell, MD, FACC#,2,
Stephen G. Ellis, MD, FACC**,1 and
Gregg W. Stone, MD, FACC*, ,1,*
* Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York
The Cardiovascular Research Foundation, New York, New York
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri
Community Hospitals of Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana
|| Saint Marys Hospital, Duluth, Minnesota
¶ Valley Hospital, Ridgewood, New Jersey
# Boston Scientific Corp., Natick, Massachusetts
** Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio.

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Figure 1 Cumulative risk of major adverse cardiac events in patients with acute coronary syndromes treated with paclitaxel-eluting stents versus bare-metal stents.
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Figure 2 One-year clinical outcomes in patients with unstable and stable ischemic syndromes treated with paclitaxel-eluting versus bare-metal stents. MACE = major adverse cardiac events; TVR = target vessel revascularization.
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