Drug Stents Outperform Angioplasty in German Trial
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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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Boston Scientific Corp. , of Natick, is seeking to market its Taxus heart stent to diabetics in the United States, who make up one-third of all stent patients. Taxus shows signs of being at least as effective and safe in diabetics as the rival Cypher stent, made by Johnson &amp; Johnson, Donald Baim, chief scientific officer at Boston ...
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - Drug-coated heart stents deliver benefits that outweigh any risks of blood clots when used as directed, a U.S. advisory panel said on Thursday.
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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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NEW YORK  - New research suggests that all  patients who undergo angioplasty should receive  cholesterol-lowering "statin" drugs, such as Zocor and Lipitor.
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GAITHERSBURG, Maryland  - A U.S. advisory panel unanimously said the benefits of drug-coated heart stents outweigh their risks when used as directed, a Food and Drug Administration spokeswoman said on Thursday.
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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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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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A new type of heart "stent" has been developed to unblock diseased arteries and then dissolve without a trace.
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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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TUESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- For heart patients trying to choose between medication, angioplasty or surgery, it may be best to follow their doctor's advice, suggests a Brazilian study.
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VIENNA - Boston Scientific Corp. yesterday said its Taxus Liberte drug-coated stent has shown positive one-year safety data in over 7,000 patients.
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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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U.S. health regulators on Friday approved Medtronic Inc's new drug-eluting heart stent, the first heart device of its kind to win U.S. approval in about 4 years.
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Patients who get the leading drug-coated stents to prop open coronary arteries rather than bare-metal stents run no higher risk of death, according to a new report by a multinational team of doctors.
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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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Heart patients aren&#39;t more likely to live long term after getting the artery-opening tubes called stents, according to a study released yesterday by researchers at Duke University.