How Safe are Drug-Coated Stents?
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They're the latest fad in medicine, but a new study shows that they may slightly increase the risk of developing potentially fatal clots
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Drug-coated heart stents may not increase the risk of blood clots as much as previously thought, according to research presented Sunday at a meeting of cardiologists.
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Johnson &amp; Johnson and Boston Scientific, the top makers of drug-coated heart stents, both released studies saying their $2,200 devices are safer than bare-metal stents that cost half as much. The studies capped three days of debate at Europe's biggest medical conference, the World Cardiology Congress in Barcelona, sparked by independent researchers who said bare-metal stents were safer. The Boston ...
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Standard &amp; Poor's raised its outlook on Boston Scientific Corp. to positive from stable, citing its recovery of market share for its drug-coated Taxus cardiac stent after recalls that began in July. The debt rating agency said the upgrade reflects the Natick company's &quot;surprisingly rapid recovery&quot; of market share for Taxus, and its diverse product line. Last week, Boston Scientific ...
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Blood clotting is four to five times more likely to occur in patients getting drug-coated heart devices known as stents, compared to the older bare-metal variety, according to a large data analysis released on Wednesday.
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U.S. health officials said on   Thursday they will ask outside advisers later this year to   review recent studies suggesting drug-coated stents may raise   the risk of blood clots months after they are implanted.
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Experts expressed concerns Sunday that drug-coated heart stents &#151; metal-mesh tubes used to prop open coronary arteries &#151; may in rare instances lead to potentially fatal blood clots.
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Boston Scientific Corp. yesterday revealed details about the experimental drug-coated stent it acquired when it bought Guidant Corp. this year. The device will be called Promus, and the Natick medical device maker expects to start selling it in 2008.
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A flurry of recent research has raised alarm about the safety of a new generation of stents that have quickly become the most commonly used devices for treating clogged arteries, creating widespread concern about how to care for millions of heart-disease patients.
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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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A panel recommended that doctors and patients be given stronger warnings about the dangers associated with the use of drug-coated stents.
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Stent makers and cardiologists said reports at this yearâs major meeting of European cardiologists bolstered their confidence in the safety of the newer drug-coated versions of the devices.
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Bypass surgery remains the best option for heart patients with more than one clogged artery, according to the first big study to compare bypass with drug-coated stents. The new research dims hopes that the less drastic stent procedure would prove to be just as good for people with multiple blockages.
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Drug-coated heart stents on the U.S. market are associated with a small but significant risk of blood clots months after they are implanted, U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff said in documents released on Tuesday.
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Johnson & Johnson's drug-coated stent  slightly outperformed Boston Scientific's version in reopening  arteries that had been clogged by lesions following the earlier  insertion of bare-metal stents, a study said on Tuesday.
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - The Food and Drug Administration should consider telling patients and doctors that the use of drug-coated heart stents in unapproved, high-risk cases can lead to greater complications, a panel of medical experts said on Friday.
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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.