Study: Removing Clot Entirely Better Than Simple Angioplasty
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Using a mini-vacuum to remove a blood clot, rather than relying on angioplasty to clear a blocked artery, improves a patient's chances of surviving a major heart attack, a Dutch study says.
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A widely publicized study that has already linked hormone replacement therapy to an increased risk of stroke, heart attack and some cancers also uncovered a blood clot hazard, researchers reported on Tuesday.
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Meta-analysis finds J&J's stents are safer than Boston Scientific's stents -- maybe.
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Nuvelo Inc.'s experimental blood clot dissolver restores function in patients with blocked catheters faster than existing therapy, the company said on Saturday.
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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 newer type of scan to detect potentially deadly blood clots in the lungs works as well as an older technique it has largely replaced, researchers said on Tuesday.
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Patients who have coronary artery bypass surgery receive less aggressive drug care when they&#39;re discharged from hospital than patients who&#39;ve had less invasive angioplasty procedures, says a Duke University study.
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A Food and Drug Administration panel tomorrow will consider one of the most urgent questions in medicine: what to do about the risk of blood clots caused by drug-coated stents, tiny medical devices implanted in the arteries of millions of people.
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New drug-releasing stents used widely to keep clogged heart arteries open appear to increase the risk for potentially life-threatening blood clots more than older bare-metal versions, government investigators told an expert panel assessing the safety of the devices today.
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NEW YORK  - Elderly individuals who maintain higher levels of physical activity have better survival rates after a heart attack and subsequent angiography to clear the coronary arteries, researchers in Italy and the U.S. suggest.
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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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Blood clotting is four to five times more likely to occur in patients who have drug-coated heart devices known as stents, compared with the older bare-metal variety, according to a large data analysis by the Cleveland Clinic released yesterday.
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By Ed Edelson, HealthDay Reporter    HealthDayNews -- A new anti-clotting drug for people having artery-opening procedures lowers the rate of complications, gets patients out of the hospital faster, and probably saves lives, a study finds.    And it saves money to boot, says Dr...
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Johnson &amp; Johnson's drug-coated Cypher heart stent may be better than Boston Scientific's Taxus for repeat procedures to unclog some arteries, according to a study in the Jan. 12 Journal of the American Medical Association.
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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 bypasses with drug-coated stents. In the study, heart attack and death rates were lower among people who had surgery than those given artery-opening balloon angioplasty and stents. It is latest setback for drug-coated stents, which have revolutionized heart care and have been implanted in about six million people worldwide. The study is in Thursdayâs New England Journal of Medicine.
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A common operation in which plaque is scraped out of an artery in the neck to prevent strokes is providing a dubious benefit to patients in as many as half of all surgeries, new Canadian research suggests.
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It's a tiny vacuum cleaner for the brain: A new treatment for stroke victims promises to suction out clogged arteries in hopes of stopping the brain attack before it does permanent harm.