News tagged with cardiac stents
Long-term study results validate efficacy of CT scans for chest pain diagnosis
May 15, 2009 |
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The first long-term study following a large number of chest pain patients who are screened with coronary computerized tomographic angiography (CTA) confirms that the test is a safe, effective way to rule out serious cardiovascular ...
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More patients with drug-coated cardiac stents survive, avoid costly follow-up procedures
May 22, 2008 |
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The more than ten million Americans who’ve received drug-eluting stents to open their blocked coronary arteries have a bright future, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.
Drug-releasing stent shows promise for improving outcomes in patients with coronary artery disease
Apr 22, 2008 |
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For patients who underwent angioplasty to open narrowed coronary arteries, the use of stents releasing the drug everolimus reduced the rate of renarrowing of the arteries and significantly reduced the risk of major cardiac ...
Comparison of anticoagulants for angioplasty show similar outcomes
Mar 30, 2008 |
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In a comparison of anticoagulants and stents for use with angioplasty following a heart attack, the anticoagulants abciximab and tirofiban had similar outcomes for some cardiac measures within 90 minutes after the procedure, ...
Drug-eluting stents better than bare-metal stents for heart attack patients
Sep 25, 2009 |
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Late-breaking data from the landmark HORIZONS-AMI clinical trial, presented at the 21st annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, demonstrated that after two years, in heart attack patients, ...
New computer model could lead to safer stents
Dec 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- After suffering heart attacks, patients often receive stents designed to hold their arteries open. Some of these stents release drugs that are meant to halt tissue growth in arteries, but ...
New computer model could lead to safer stents
Dec 07, 2009 |
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After suffering heart attacks, patients often receive stents designed to hold their arteries open. Some of these stents release drugs that are meant to halt tissue growth in arteries, but can have life-threatening side effects ...
New data examine stents and bypass surgery in patients with 3VD and LMD
Oct 15, 2008 |
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Newly reported data presented at the 20th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF) from the SYNTAX clinical trial (SYNergy Between ...
Researchers find drug-eluting stents safe, effective for PCI in diabetics
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Results of a multicenter study in Asia, demonstrating that drug-eluting stents are effective with a low rate of complications in diabetic patients, will be presented at the 21st annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics ...
Boston Scientific admits stent risks
Sep 07, 2006 |
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The U.S.-based Boston Scientific Corp. has admitted there is an increased risk of blood clots caused by use of its drug-coated cardiac stent.
Olive oil emulsion helps with problem heart arteries
Dec 18, 2006 |
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An emulsion of olive oil, egg yolk and glycerine might be just the recipe to keep heart patients away from the operating room and cardiac bypass surgery.
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