News tagged with drug eluting stent
No increased risk with drug eluting stents -- but late stent thrombosis remains a concern
Aug 31, 2009 |
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Several large observational data sets have convincingly shown that there is no overall safety issue with drug eluting stents (DES) vs. bare metal stents (BMS). In fact, most registry studies suggest a lower risk of death ...
Promising 3-year data: Saving limbs with drug-eluting stents
Mar 10, 2009 |
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Attempts to treat critical limb ischemia in peripheral arterial disease (PAD) patients with below-the-knee angioplasty are still thwarted by restenosis (the re-narrowing of the artery at the site of angioplasty or stenting), ...
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Drug-coated stents less risky for heart bypass patients
Jan 22, 2009 |
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Coronary bypass surgery may carry less risk of serious complications if stents coated with a drug that suppresses cell growth are used in the procedure rather than bare-metal stents, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers ...
Drug-releasing stents linked with decrease in procedures to unblock coronary arteries
Medicine & Health / Medications
Jun 25, 2008 |
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The widespread adoption of the use of drug-releasing coronary artery stents into routine practice is associated with a decrease in the need for repeat procedures to unblock coronary arteries and also do not appear to increase ...
Better patient outcomes with drug eluting stents
Dec 18, 2008 |
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Patients receiving drug eluting stents (DES) — stents coated with medication to prevent narrowing of the artery — as part of an angioplasty had better outcomes one year later than patients with bare metal stents, according ...
Best use of drug-eluting stents
Sep 02, 2008 |
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Compared with bare metal stents, drug-eluting stents substantially reduce the risk of angiographic and clinical recurrence but do not affect mortality or the short term or long term risk of myocardial infarction. The use ...
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-eluting stents more effective than bare-metal stents in heart attack patients
May 26, 2009 |
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NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Columbia University Medical Center, together with the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), announced that its landmark study comparing the safety and efficacy of drug-eluting stents ...
The Lancet publishes first clinical trial data of a fully bioabsorbable drug-eluting stent
Mar 14, 2008 |
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Data published today in The Lancet from ABSORB, the world’s first clinical trial of a fully bioabsorbable drug eluting stent for the treatment of coronary artery disease, demonstrated no stent thrombosis, no clinically driven ...
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, ...
Bioabsorbable stents show promise
Mar 13, 2009 |
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A study published today online in The Lancet (March 13, 2009) presented two year data for the bioabsorbable everolimus coronary stent. Commenting on the results, interventional cardiology specialist, Professor Franz Eberli ...
Drug-eluting stents yield better outcomes than bare-metal ones
Nov 19, 2007 |
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Drug-eluting stents are just as safe and effective as traditional bare-metal stents when used in routine clinical practice, according to a new study by researchers at Rhode Island Hospital. Their findings are published in ...
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