News tagged with drug eluting stent
Hybrid revascularization effective for left main coronary blockages
The left main coronary artery provides most of the blood to the heart, and current guidelines call for patients with blockages in this artery to undergo bypass surgery.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 15, 2010 |
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No increased risk with drug eluting stents -- but late stent thrombosis remains a concern
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 ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Aug 31, 2009 |
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SCAAR registry provides reassurance on drug eluting stent safety
A study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine (1), analysed the outcomes of 47,967 patients entered into the Swedish Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty Registry (SCAAR) between 2003 and 2006.
May 06, 2009 |
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Bioabsorbable stents show promise
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 ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 13, 2009 |
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Promising 3-year data: Saving limbs with drug-eluting stents
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), ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 10, 2009 |
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