News tagged with transcatheter

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Transcatheter aortic valve implantation as good as traditional surgery for high risk, operable patients

Just released data from a clinical trial shows continued promise for a new minimally invasive treatment option for patients with severe aortic stenosis. New research presented at the 2011 American College ...

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created Apr 05, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New stent design demonstrates superiority at 6 months; 1 year data to be presented at TCT 2010

A new drug-eluting stent design demonstrated superiority over a traditional drug-eluting stent at 6 months, according to a study led by Laura Mauri, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Sep 21, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New device may provide safer way to treat stroke

(PhysOrg.com) -- When someone suffers a stroke, time is critical -- more than a million brain cells die each minute, starved of nourishment due to critical damage in a cerebral blood vessel.

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created Jun 09, 2010 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Cogent trial shows lack of adverse interaction between clopidogrel and stomach medicine

Results from a late breaking clinical trial called COGENT demonstrate that the combination of giving patients clopidogrel, a blood thinner commonly prescribed to patients with cardiovascular disease, and stomach medicines ...

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created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Coronary imaging techniques helps to identify plaques likely to cause heart attacks

Late-breaking results from the PROSPECT clinical trial shed new light on the types of vulnerable plaque that are most likely to cause sudden, unexpected adverse cardiac events, and on the ability to identify them through ...

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Researchers find drug-eluting stents safe, effective for PCI in diabetics

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 ...

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0