New findings from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Division of Cardiology in the area of life sciences published

Investigators publish new data in the report 'Pimecrolimus and dual pimecrolimus-paclitaxel eluting stents decrease neointimal proliferation in a porcine model.' "AND The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness and vascular response of a pimecrolimus drug eluting stent and a combination (pimecrolimus + paclitaxel) stent as compared with bare metal controls in the porcine coronary model. In the first phase of the study, cobalt chromium stents were loaded with an erodible polymer and either a slow release or a fast release formulation of pimecrolimus," scientists in the United States report.

"Thirty stents (metal, n=10; pimecrolimus slow, n=10;...

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