News tagged with stent implantation
Fast release of data leads to rapid changes in clinical practice for drug-eluting stents
Jul 28, 2009 |
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E-mail, search engines, smart phones and other new technologies that can disseminate new medical information quickly led to an almost immediate change in clinical practice for drug-eluting stents, according to a study reported ...
Scientist develop technique for eliminating reblockage of arteries
Mar 09, 2009 |
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An easily implementable technique to avoid reblockage of arteries that have been cleared through angioplasty and stent insertion has been developed by researchers led by Prof. Boris Rubinsky of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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Robot saves patient's transplanted lung
Oct 12, 2009 |
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In a first-of-its-kind procedure, physicians at the Methodist DeBakey Heart & Vascular Center used a robotic catheter to save a patient’s transplanted lung.
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, ...
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 ...
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.
Abbott expanding study of its popular Xience stent
Aug 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Abbott Laboratories Inc. is expanding a study of its top-selling heart stent by more than 2,000 patients, who may also be put in a second, landmark stent study meant to find the best way to prevent potentially fatal ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
Noninvasive screening test may detect narrowing in intracranial stents
Feb 11, 2009 |
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Great advances have been made in treating blockages in the arteries of the brain using angioplasty to widen the narrowed artery and a stent to hold the artery open. However, in-stent stenosis, or a re-blockage of the artery ...
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 ...
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