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Stent Studies Tied to Rapid Changes in Use
Posted 3+ months ago by Drugs.com
TUESDAY, July 28 – Rapid dissemination of new data about the risks posed by drug-eluting stents led to an almost immediate decrease in the use of the stents, according to a new report.
Drug-eluting stents are coated with drugs meant to prevent re-narrowing of coronary arteries.
An analysis of patient registries showed that between January and September 2006, about 90 percent of people who had a type of heart attack called a non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction and underwent coronary stent implantation received drug-eluting stents.
That September, a number of studies presented at a European Society of Cardiology meeting said that the risk of blood clots was higher among people who received drug-eluting stents than among those who received bare-metal stents. Read more...
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