Organ transplantation and drug eluting stents: Perioperative challenges

Table 1 Types of stents

Generation of DES	Drug eluted	Some commercially available products	Features
First generation	Sirolimus, Paclitaxel	TAXUS, CYPHER	High Incidence of stent thrombosis, subacute as well as late thrombosis
Second generation	Zotarolimus, Everolimus	ENDEAVOR,XIENCE V	Safer and more efficacious as compared to first generation stents
Third generation	Novolimus, Biolimus A9	SYNERGY, BIOMATRIX, NOBORI, DESyne	Newer generation biodegradable stents which have shown superior outcomes

DES: Drug eluting stents.