Surgical Devices

Drug-coated stents help many avoid heart bypass surgery

Published in Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly, April 1st, 2005

New research comparing rival brands of drug-coated, tiny mesh tubes called stents finds they are equally excellent at keeping heart arteries open, and that one may be better for diabetics.

These devices, which slowly leach medication into blood vessels to keep them from squeezing shut after procedures to remove blockages, have revolutionized heart care so much in the last few years that studies now are aimed at finding which ones work best for which patients, not whether they work at all.

They are vastly better than the plain old metal stents that were standard just a few years ago. Results on the new ones are so good that more and more patients are...

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Source: Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly (2005-04-01)

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