What type of DES should you opt for if a patient has or is concerned about possible nickel allergy?
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Cardiology · Unitypoint
For a coronary stent, I would lean toward a Medtronic DES. There are published recommendations for nitinol with a durable polymer. That said, I cannot remember more than one case in 25 years where I thought that a metal allergy may have played a role in a patient receiving a stent and that was prior...