As of 2017, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Angioplasty" title="Angioplasty" id="mwCZY">angioplasty</a> and <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Stent" title="Stent" id="mwCZc">stents</a> were under preliminary <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Clinical_research" title="Clinical research" id="mwCZg">clinical research</a> to determine the possible therapeutic advantages of these procedures in comparison to therapy with <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Statin" title="Statin" id="mwCZk">statins</a>, <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Antithrombotic" title="Antithrombotic" id="mwCZo">antithrombotics</a>, or <a rel="mw:WikiLink" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/Antihypertensive_drug" title="Antihypertensive drug" class="mw-redirect" id="mwCZs">antihypertensive drugs</a>.
