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Cook Medical Releases Initial Results From Its STABLE Clinical Trial Stent Endovascular Treatment of Aortic Dissection by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Thu 23 Dec 2010 5:28pm , designed to evaluate the safety and efficacy of a proximal endograft and a distal uncovered stent for the endovascular treatment of Type B aortic dissection for purposes of seeking... Aortic dissection now can be treated with interventional procedures with a stent. This is good news all all patients are not healthy enough to sustain a surgery to where Read on »

Johnson and Johnson Buys Micrus Endovascular for $480 Million – More Stents by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Mon 12 Jul 2010 11:26am companies rather than building the technology in house. Hopefully this company is set on their patents so we don’t have additional stent wars. The stent from Ascent is used... CHICAGO/NEW YORK: Johnson & Johnson will buy Micrus Endovascular Corp for about $480 million to expand its portfolio of medical devices that treat and prevent stroke, the companies Read on »

Johnson and Johnson Stent Device Company (Cordis) Merging Cardio and Endovascular Divisions-Lay Offs Coming by Medical Quack Patient Expert

Posted Thu 10 Feb 2011 11:55pm Sales have fallen and I guess even that big reward from Boston Scientific for 2 billion in 2010 was not enough to keep things rolling along here. Apparently the stent... been able to do. Where’s Some of the Focus for Johnson and Johnson Revenue Cycles – “Legally Patented Stent Wars”? The number to be laid off was not given out Read on »

Consumer Information on: Bard LifeStent and LifeStent XL Vascular Stent - P070014S010 by Health & Human Services Posted Fri 14 Jan 2011 12:00am and Effectiveness Data (SSED) and product labeling for more complete information on this product, its indications for use, and the basis for FDA’s approval. Product Name: LifeStent and LifeStent XL Vascular Stent Systems Manufacturer: Bard Peripheral Vascular, Inc. Address: 1625 West 3rd Street, Tempe, AZ 85280 Approval Date: December 23, 2010 Approval Letter Read on »

Drug-Eluting Stents More Effective Than Bare-Metal Stents in Heart … by Dr. Syed L. Doctor of Dentistry

Posted Wed 03 Jun 2009 9:42am TLR, which was the primary efficacy endpoint of the trial, refers to the rate at which a particular lesion re-narrows following stent implantation severely enough to require either a repeat Angioplasty or bypass surgery operation. … See original here: Drug-Eluting Stents More Effective Than Bare-Metal Stents in Heart … Read on »

Stent-Related Blood Clot May Lead To Repeat Stent Thrombosis! by Ng Peng Hock Patient Expert

Posted Sun 24 Aug 2008 5:46pm Angioplasty procedure is commonly used to clear the blockages in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart. Thereafter, stents, which are wire mesh tubes, will be inserted into the coronary arteries to help keep the vessels from reclogging. The Dutch Stent Thrombosis Study indicated that one in six patients who suffer a potentially deadly Read on »

More bad news for drug eluting stents , as new dangers emerge in the form of “late stent malapposition” by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

Posted Sun 17 Jan 2010 10:26am Drug eluting stents have taken the cardiology community by storm . Millions of drug eluting stents are implanted every year. Sudden stent occlusion without any warning... for DES . Read this article from European heart journal 2010 http://eurheartj.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/ehn553 A new complication termed ” Late stent Read on »

All that do not glitter . . . Bare metal stents pip Gold coated stents convincingly! by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

Posted Thu 04 Nov 2010 8:27am Ever since coronary stents were introduced metal market is having a good time within human coronary arteries.The search for the the elusive , ideal metal is still on . . . Nickel , stainless steel , platinum etc . Some body thought , why not gold ? For long , gold is known to be a good bio -compatible metal . Two Gold stents were tried Read on »

The best stent is still no stent - reloaded by Chris K. Patient Expert

Posted Fri 12 Sep 2008 12:05pm I recently wrote an article for Track Your Plaque warning of the problems with stents and that heart disease sufferers should not consider them a quick fix for a lifetime of heart health indiscretions. While a stent still beats open heart surgery, bypasses, and death it is also still a sign of failure to beat the disease. Unless you intervene Read on »

Drug eluting stents bare it all ! and bare metal stents cover it all ! by Dr. Sangareddi V. Medical Doctor

Posted Sat 20 Dec 2008 7:17pm as it prevents the metal struts from being endothelialised and keep the metal surface raw and vulnerable , while the much maligned bare metal stents allow this natural endothelialisation process without any interruption ! So right now it is mandatory to administer dual antiplatelet agents life long( life of the stent !) for the patients with DES Read on »

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