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Likely candidates for drug-eluting stents are those in whom the coronary artery is less than 3 mm in diameter, or the segment of the artery to be treated is longer than 15mm. The new draft guidance on drug-eluting stents, which was issued by NICE on 1st February 2008, is very different from the draft proposals that the agency had put out for comment last year. Those proposals stated that drug-eluting stents “do not represent a cost-effective use of National Health Service resources,” after taking into account the risks and benefits of drug-eluting stents as compared with bare-metal stents. The British Cardiovascular Society, the British C