The Living Guidelines: Drug Eluting and Bare Metal Stents Suggest Revisions to the CLASS IIb Guidelines

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Class IIb Guidelines

 * 1) A DES may be considered for clinical and anatomic settings in which the effectiveness / safety profile appears favorable but has not been fully confirmed by clinical trials. (Class IIb Level of Evidence: C)