In the Stent Era, Heart Bypasses Get a New Look
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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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Thousands of UK heart patients undergo the operation that surgeons have performed on former American president Bill Clinton. A coronary artery bypass is a relatively routine procedure
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The Medicare program is rethinking its blanket coverage for all uses of drug-coated heart stents, a potential blow to Boston Scientific Corp. , Johnson &amp; Johnson, and others in the $6 billion-a-year industry.
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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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Former President Ford underwent his second heart procedure in a week at the Mayo Clinic when stents were placed into two of his coronary arteries to increase blood flow, his spokeswoman said Friday.
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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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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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A new type of heart "stent" has been developed to unblock diseased arteries and then dissolve without a trace.
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The FDA is about to make it harder for drug-eluting stents to win its approval.
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Dutch doctors said on Sunday they had   developed a novel drug-coated stent to stimulate the growth of   natural heart bypass arteries, potentially offering a new way   to ensure blood supply to sick patients' hearts.
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MONDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Heart patients with drug-eluting stents implanted to keep their arteries open were found to have a much higher risk of sudden death than those getting bare metal stents if they stopped taking the blood thinner Plavix, a new Swiss study reports.
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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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Heart bypass surgery is one of the most common major operations in the USA, with about 350,000 performed every year. Although the procedure sounds daunting - it involves cracking
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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  - Quite often, people with heart   failure have some degree of blockage of the coronary arteries.   In such cases, those who undergo surgery to clear to arteries   have markedly better survival than those treated with   medication, researchers from Canada report.
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U.S. advisers will start considering on Thursday the risks of drug-coated stents implanted in millions of heart patients, examining evidence showing the devices may lead to dangerous blood clots.
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Guidant Corp.&#39;s stent business is like a model strutting down a runway wearing last year&#39;s fashions, some industry watchers say.