Dr. Rakesh Yadav, Sub-Dean & Additional Professor, Cardiology, AIIMS, New Delhi, will discuss choosing the stent and the precautions are taken while choosing it. He says that there should be three criteria while choosing the stent. First is the patient’s characteristics, lesion’s characteristics and third is the cost-effectiveness. He will further discuss in which group of patients the stent is to be chosen. It is also decided whether the patient is symptomatic or not. He will also talk about bare metal stents and drug-eluting stents. He will also talk about different types of stents and their limitations.
Professor at AIIMS Department of Cardiology
Dr. Rakesh Yadav is a Professor at AIIMS dept of cardiology and Organising Secretary of National Interventional Council at New Delhi 2017