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Arterial Restenosis
Arterial injury often leads to in-stent restenosis
March 22nd, 2004
Stents that release drugs are being studied as ways of preventing in-stent restenosis, researchers say. According to a study from France, "The use of intracoronary stents represent a major breakthrough in the armamentarium of interventional cardiology. Stents reduce significantly the incidence of recurrent stenosis (in-stent restenosis) via an improved post-procedure luminal diameter and an abrogation of the constrictive remodeling of the arterial wall." "However, stent-related arterial injury results in intense proliferative and inflammatory responses and severe intimal hyperplasia, which, in 20% to 40% of the patients, may end up with clinically...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2004-03-22)
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