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. 2019 Sep 9;43(1):8–19. doi: 10.1007/s00270-019-02324-4

Table 2.

Causes of death through 5 years

Cause Zilver PTX RCTa Zilver PTX Japan PMS
DES PTA/BMS p value DES
Cardiovascular 4.8% (16/336) 5.6% (8/143) 0.66 6.1% (55/904)
Cancer 4.8% (16/336) 1.4% (2/143) 0.11 3.0% (27/904)
Pulmonary 1.8% (6/336) 1.4% (2/143) > 0.99 2.7% (24/904)
Stroke 0.6% (2/336) 0.7% (1/143) > 0.99 1.5% (14/904)
Trauma/accident 0.0% (0/336) 1.4% (2/143) 0.09 0.2% (2/904)
GI 0.3% (1/336) 0.0% (0/143) > 0.99 0.2% (2/904)
Infection 0.0% (0/336) 0.0% (0/143) > 0.99 0.2% (2/904)
Renal 0.0% (0/336) 0.0% (0/143) > 0.99 0.8% (7/904)
Multiple 0.3% (1/336) 0.7% (1/143) 0.51 1.5% (14/904)
Unknown 1.8% (6/336) 0.7% (1/143) 0.68 4.3% (39/904)

aCause of death was only available for the 65 deaths reported during active study follow-up