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Efficacy of heart stents called into question
Mar 27, 2007
| Financial Times
A seven-year US study has called into question whether doctors are overusing heart stents, the blockbuster tiny wire mesh tubes used to prop open...
Angioplasty no better than drugs, study says
Mar 27, 2007
| Boston Globe
A large and long-awaited study finds that angioplasty works no better than medication at preventing heart attacks or death, a finding that could slow...
Study: Heart Stents Often Not Worth the Risk or Cost
Mar 27, 2007
| NewsInferno.com
A highly anticipated new study has called into question the long-term effectiveness of stents in the treatment of stable coronary artery disease....
Heart Stents No Better Than Treating Stable Heart Patients With Medication, Study Shows
Mar 26, 2007
| Washington Post
The study of more than 2,000 patients found that those who underwent the expensive procedure, known as angioplasty, in non-emergency situations were...
Heart stent makers brace for new heart study
Mar 26, 2007
| AP
Wall Street analysts and many doctors expect another potential setback for makers of stents when results of a blockbuster study Tuesday will answer...
Analysis: Stents' heart value in doubt
Mar 26, 2007
| UPI
Doctors said Monday that angioplasty plus stenting a common, expensive heart procedure plus the best medical treatment failed to reduce the risk of...
House to scrutinize marketing of stents
Mar 6, 2007
| Boston Globe
As part of a federal inquiry into drug and medical-device marketing, Boston Scientific Corp. was asked by Congress last week to submit to...
Stent research alarms patients
Feb 26, 2007
| The Morning Call
John Wehr couldn't believe what was he was reading. An article on drug-coated stents, the kind used to prop open his two clogged coronary arteries...
What's Up With Stents, Docs?
Feb 12, 2007
| Newsweek
It's not often that the New England Journal of Medicine devotes most of its editorial content to a single subject—and releases the information...
Making Sense of Drug-Coated Stents
Jan 1, 2007
| Newsinferno.com
When the FDA approved the use of drug-coated stents on April 24, 2003, it was hailed as a landmark advance in the treatment of blocked arteries. ...
