Neck stents boosted in two studies
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Boston Scientific Corp. and Medtronic Inc. , competing to enter the US market for stents that keep neck arteries open, said separate studies showed their devices prevent complications including stroke after 30 days.
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Balloons coated with a common cancer drug can help keep blood flowing in clogged leg arteries better than plain angioplasty balloons, German researchers reported on Wednesday.
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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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A treatment for gum disease can improve blood vessel health, a study has found.
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Vioxx . Ritalin. Drug-eluting stents . Those popular drugs and medical devices are on a growing list of therapies used by millions of people that have shown up on the radar of Dr. Steven E. Nissen , a prominent heart specialist.
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WASHINGTON -- Federal health officials asked experts Thursday whether the drug-coated stents used to prop open the arteries of about 3 million people in the U.S. pose a heightened risk of death or raise other safety concerns that require action.
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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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uidant received approval yesterday from the Food and Drug Administration to sell stents that are inserted into the main neck artery to reduce the risk of strokes, making the company the
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U.S. Medicare officials on Thursday proposed expanding their coverage of carotid artery stenting procedures to prevent strokes, an agency statement said.
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New studies shed some light on these controversial heart treatments, but many questions remain. What patients need to know.
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NEW YORK  - Initial results with a  bio-absorbable metal stent show that the novel device works as  intended -- to prop open blocked leg arteries before being  fully absorbed into the artery wall, so that complications  common with standard stents don't occur.
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In light of new concerns over stentsâ risks, surgery may be poised for a comeback for treating plaque-clogged arteries.
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Drug-coated stents -- tiny wire-mesh tubes used to prop open clogged heart arteries -- may not be as dangerous as earlier thought, Swedish researchers who had raised concerns over the devices said on Sunday.
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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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Expensive drug-coated stents -- used to prop open clogged coronary arteries -- are not worth using in many patients, Swiss researchers said on Friday.
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Patients given drug-coated stents after an acute heart attack are nearly five times more likely to die six months to two years later than those with bare metal forms of the arterial scaffolding, research showed on Tuesday.
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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.