Panel weighs unapproved drug-coated stent use
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - The broad use of drug-coated heart stents in unapproved patients came under scrutiny on Friday as U.S. advisers weighed the risks of the tiny tubes implanted in millions to keep arteries open.
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It turns out the common practice of using stents to open the heart may not be right for some patients.
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The panel is examining claims that GlaxoSmithKline tried to suppress a doctorâs criticism of its drug Avandia.
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Kaiser Permanente, one of the biggest   U.S. health and hospital systems, has begun to study the safety   of drug-coated stents amid new signals that the widely used   heart devices might lead to fatal blood clots.
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One of the nation's leading   cardiologists is calling for a sweeping study to evaluate the   risk of potentially fatal blood clots related to widely used   heart devices that treat blocked heart arteries.
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Patients implanted with drug-coated stents to hold open their choked arteries face a small but significant risk of blood clots, health officials said Tuesday, and a new study recommended they take clot-busting medications indefinitely.
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A panel of experts reaches mixed conclusions on the safety and effectiveness of drug-coated stents.
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NEW YORK - Johnson &amp; Johnson and Boston Scientific Corp. reported new safety data yesterday for drug-coated stents that may help revive sales depressed by prior reports linking the devices to a higher risk of heart attacks.
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Some cardiologists suggest drug-coated stents carry a higher risk of potentially fatal blood clots than older, bare-metal stents.
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WASHINGTON - A little-known Food and Drug program is testing the latest medical technology to determine how safe and useful it can be.    One cutting-edge experiment is designed to see if injecting certain drugs directly into diseased arteries works better than commonly used stents in keeping arteries clear...
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Doctors can safely use drug-coated stents to open up complicated blockages in coronary arteries for which the devices were not originally designed, according to new research. In fact, they appear to work better than older, bare-metal stents in those situations.
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Growing evidence that deadly clots can form in drug-coated stents does not mean that the risks of using the devices the benefits, according to a panel of experts.
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Federal advisers heard conflicting data today about the safety of new drug-oozing stents used to keep clogged arteries open as the experts struggled to advise government regulators about whether the risks of the devices outweigh their benefits for millions of patients.
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BETHESDA, Md.  - A U.S. advisory panel on Friday  urged regulators to reject over-the-counter sales of Merck &  Co. Inc.'s MRK.N cholesterol-lowering drug Mevacor.
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The FDA is about to make it harder for drug-eluting stents to win its approval.
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Drug-coated stents -- tiny wire-mesh tubes used to prop open clogged heart arteries -- may not be as dangerous as previously thought, Swedish researchers who had earlier raised concerns over the devices said on Sunday.
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Results of a study showing patients with acute heart attacks are more likely to die if given a drug-coated stent than a bare metal one are out of line with other findings, stent maker Johnson & Johnson said on Tuesday.