In December 2006, FDA convened an advisory panel to evaluate what is known about the risk of thrombosis in patients with drug-eluting stents. These stents,...
Drug-Eluting StentAnimation shows the insertion and deployment of a drug-eluting stent within the coronary artery. Drug coated stents gradually release a drug to prevent or...
Dr. Lindsay Machan and Dr. William Hunter developed a drug-delivery technique that has revolutionized the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD) and advanced the science...
Sept. 2005 - FDA has received a number of reports of adverse events that occurred in patients who received drug-eluting coronary stents and then stopped...
http://www.medpagetoday.comNEW... ORLEANS, Nov. 11 -- Type 2 diabetes patients who had percutaneous coronary interventions with drug-eluting stents had lower two-year mortality, myocardial...
From Pittsburgh - Nearly half of stents placed during angioplasty are done for "off-label" reasons. A study of over 6500 patients who received either bare...
From New Hampshire - The use of drug-eluting stents lowers the risk of additional procedures to unblock coronary arteries. Researchers from Dartmouth University evaluating over...
