Little Data on Stentâs Most Common Use
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The device designed for use in bile ducts is often placed in arteries and veins, even though it has undergone scant testing for such uses.
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A tiny tent-like device implanted into the heart appears to block strokes caused by a common irregular heartbeat, sealing off a spot where dangerous blood clots form, German and U.S. researchers reported ...
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Drug-coated stents were linked to a higher death rate when given to people with a certain type of heart attack, a finding that may limit doctors' use of the mesh tubes to prop open arteries.
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The new drug-coated stents implanted to keep arteries open might increase the risk of a later heart attack if a patient stops taking clot-preventing drugs such as aspirin even briefly, Dutch cardiologists warn.
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - Drug-coated heart stents are more likely to cause blood clots and other complications in certain high-risk cases and patients and doctors should be warned, a panel of medical experts advised on Friday.
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Boston Scientific Corp. has introduced the Taxus Liberte coronary stent, the second generation of its market-leading product, to 18 countries in Asia, Africa, and South America. The Natick company expects to launch the product in Europe this year. In the United States, the product is in the clinical-trial phase of regulatory 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 earlier thought, Swedish researchers who had raised concerns over the devices said on Sunday.
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NEW YORK  - New research suggests that all patients who undergo angioplasty should receive cholesterol-lowering &quot;statin&quot; drugs, such as Zocor and Lipitor (news - web sites).
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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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GAITHERSBURG, Md. -- Drug-coated stents increase the risk of potentially fatal blood clots and heart attacks in some patients, but not enough to warrant limiting use of the devices, federal advisers said yesterday .
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The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a stent for use in opening blocked arteries in the neck. The new stent is intended to prevent stroke by treating blockages in the carotid artery, the main blood vessel leading to the brain.
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Drug-coated stents are safe to implant in cardiac blood vessels immediately after a heart attack, according to two studies in today's New England Journal of Medicine.
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NEW YORK  - A survey shows that few people know about peripheral artery disease, or PAD, a dangerous vascular condition that affects roughly 8 million Americans.
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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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Answers to some commonly asked questions about atrial fibrillation.
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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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The Food and Drug Administration said last night it would convene a public panel to examine the risk of blood clots in patients with drug-coated stents, among the world's most frequently implanted medical devices.