Drug Coated Stents Side Effects May Be Linked To Heart Attack Lawsuits
Blood Clots Four to Five Times More Likely With Drug Coated Stents Than Older Bare Metal StentsA study published in the December 2006 issue of the American Journal of Medicine, found that blood clotting is four to five times more likely to occur with the newer drug eluting coronary heart stents than with the older bare metal … [Read more...] about Drug Coated Stents Side Effects May Be Linked To Heart Attack Lawsuits
Feds Questions Experts on Drug-Coated Stents
Officials Asked Experts About The Drug-Coated Stents Risks. Federal health officials asked experts Thursday whether the drug-coated stents used to prop open the arteries of about 3 million people in the U.S. pose a heightened risk of death or raise other safety concerns that require action. The two manufacturers of the widely … [Read more...] about Feds Questions Experts on Drug-Coated Stents
Safety of Drug-Coated Stents Spotlighted
Manufacturers of Drug-Coated Stents Say The Devices' Benefits Outweigh Their Risk. The two manufacturers of drug-coated stents used to prop open the arteries of about 3 million people in the U.S. say the devices' benefits outweigh their risks, even though patients could face a small but significant risk of blood clots. The … [Read more...] about Safety of Drug-Coated Stents Spotlighted
Drug-coated stents facing hard look
FDA Panel Will Consider Risk Of Blood Clots Caused By Drug-Coated Stents. A Food and Drug Administration panel tomorrow will consider one of the most urgent questions in medicine: what to do about the risk of blood clots caused by drug-coated stents, tiny medical devices implanted in the arteries of millions of people. The topic … [Read more...] about Drug-coated stents facing hard look
The heart of a stent debate
People With Drug Coated Stents Are Propane To Fatal Blood clots. Michael Young had a choice. Doctors could clear his three blocked coronary arteries by cracking open his chest and surgically bypassing them. Or they could clear them from within by inflating a tiny balloon and propping them open with wire-mesh stents, coated with a … [Read more...] about The heart of a stent debate
Controversy Swirls Around FDA Meeting on Stents
FDA Safety Review The Use Of Drug-Coated Stents. A planned FDA safety review regarding the use of drug-coated stents is facing intense scrutiny after it was revealed that six doctors on the advisory panel have financial links to stent makers Johnson & Johnson and Boston Scientific. The meeting, set for Thursday and Friday of this … [Read more...] about Controversy Swirls Around FDA Meeting on Stents
New scrutiny for stents
FDA Holds A Two Day Meeting On Drug Coated Stents. The tiny lattice-like props that keep arteries open and blood flowing freely come under scrutiny this week when the U.S. Food and Drug Administration holds a two-day meeting on drug-coated stents. Also known as drug-eluting stents, the devices arrived on the medical scene with … [Read more...] about New scrutiny for stents
Data: Drug-coated stents carry clot risk
Drug-Coated Stents Create A Higher Risk Of Blood Clots. Data presented at a Washington medical conference revealed that drug-coated stents create a higher risk of blood clots than traditional metal stents. The data, presented at the Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting, revealed that the drug-coated stents, … [Read more...] about Data: Drug-coated stents carry clot risk
Drug-Coated Stents Blood-Clot Risks
Risk Of Blood Clots In Patients Implanted With Drug Coated Stents. Boston Scientific found a slightly higher risk of blood clotting in patients implanted with its newer drug-coated stents compared with older bare-metal ver sions, a company spokesman said yesterday. The medical device maker reported the finding of its own new study … [Read more...] about Drug-Coated Stents Blood-Clot Risks
