UT study reveals inaccuracies in cardiac PET-CT imaging, finds fixes
...t disease, to determine the need for arteriograms, stents or bypass surgery and to monitor the reversal of the disease in his patients who follow his program of diet, exercise and medication. Adding the CT component to PET is a faster way to produce cardiac images and obtain additional information about ...New biodegradable magnesium stents for coronary arteries
Biodegradable magnesium stents have been developed to treat blockages in coronary...ollow-up of the patients fitted with biodegradable stents is needed. Coronary stents improve immediate and late results of balloon angioplasty by closing up...Researchers find deadly prescription drug effects 6 years before FDA
...s associated with 14 drugs and drug-coated cardiac stents to FDA and drug company reports. The FDA had more reports than RADAR, but RADARs reports were more complete. Pharmaceutical companies sent out safety notifications two years earlier than RADAR reported its results in journals. However, drug companie...Long-term anti-clotting therapy sweetens stenting outcomes in diabetic patients
...th or heart attack for drug-eluting and bare metal stents was not statistically significant. Dr. Brar speculated that in diabetic patients, long-term clopidogrel therapy may be helpful regardless of the type of stent because it prevents blood clots from forming on inflamed plaques throughout the diseased ...Researchers begin randomized double-blind trial of airway bypass treatment for emphysema
...cedure called airway bypass that uses drug-eluting stents to reinforce new pathways in the lung for trapped air to escape. This in turn, may relieve severe emphysema symptoms such as shortness of breath. Leading pulmonologists and thoracic surgeons at medical centers around the world are participating in...Bare-metal stents are better for some heart patients
(PHILADELPHIA) -- While drug-eluting stents are effective in keeping open diseased heart arter...lege indicates that for these patients, bare metal stents provide a safer choice. "The issue here," says Michael Savage, M.D., Catheterization Laboratory Di...Experts debate role of stenting, bypass surgery in left main coronary artery disease
...was superior to medical therapy. Later, bare metal stents failed to gain footing as an alternative to surger...es of death and repeat procedures. Drug-eluting stents (DES) have markedly changed the landscape, said Dr. Mehran. This breakthrough technology once again ...SCAI'S Hildner Lecture traces progress through 30 years of interventional cardiology
... artery would be the answer. Instead, drug-eluting stents held the day, and as a result, six-month restenosi...to just 57 percent today. Recently, drug-eluting stents have been found to pose a small but definite increase in the risk of blood clotting in the stent, ev...Panel offers expert analysis on causes, prevention of stent thrombosis
...tremely high on this timely topic." Drug-eluting stents are metallic mesh tubes that prop open narrowed ar...e slightly more likely to form inside drug-eluting stents than inside bare metal stents. It is not yet clear how large the difference in risk is, but availabl...Off-label and untested use of drug-coated stents appears widespread
The off-label and untested use of drug-coated stents in the treatment of coronary artery blockage is co...es are higher among patients receiving drug-coated stents for off-label indications, according to two studies in the May 9 issue of JAMA. Stents are tiny me...Dua anti-reflux stent relieves GI upper cancer distress
...o help improve the passage of bile. However, these stents frequently clog requiring repeat procedures to rep... function of the stent, i.e. bile drainage as both stents were equally effective in improving liver tests, and complication rates were similar. The study show...Mayo Clinic study shows drug-eluting stent use in heart patients determined more by insurance type
...h as a drug-eluting stent. Studies show bare-metal stents tend to require more repeat procedures -- either repeat stents or bypass surgery, and these add to health care costs. Hospitals that do a high volume of stent pro...Study finds coronary procedure adds no benefit over 'optimal medical therapy' alone
...wn little difference between coated and non-coated stents in their ability to prevent heart attacks and deaths. At a median follow-up of almost five years, the rates of death, nonfatal heart attack, stroke, and hospitalization for heart disease were the same in the two study groups: those who received o...Studies highlight advances in diagnosis, medical therapy
...630 patients treated with one or more drug-eluting stents (2.2 percent) and the 2,528 patients treated with only bare metal stents (2.3 percent). The rate of stent thrombosis was similar with the three anticlotting regimens tested ...Studies highlight 'real world' use, safety of drug-eluting stents
... a picture of the "real world" use of drug-eluting stents and offers new insight into the connection between...isks associated with long-term use of drug-eluting stents to treat a wide variety of patients with coronary artery diseasemost of whom do not fit the strict p...Jefferson scientists find that drug-eluting stents are disappointing in bypass grafts -- sometimes
(PHILADELPHIA) -- While drug-eluting stents are effective in keeping open bypassed heart veins...ctors think twice before inserting the drug-coated stents in such extensively diseased bypassed grafts. The researchers looked at the success of drug-eluti...SCAI issues clinical alert on drug-eluting stents and late thrombosis
...n complex heart disease patients who receive these stents (see http://www.fda.gov/cdrh/news/010407.html ). ...l and Medical Center in Phoenix, AZ. Drug-eluting stents are mesh tubes that prop open narrowed arteries in the heart while slowly releasing a medication tha...Olive oil emulsion helps with problem heart arteries
...rdiac Catheterization Laboratory to bathe surgical stents before they are inserted into problem heart arteri...d for effective stent delivery. "Patients in whom stents cannot be placed are at high risk of abrupt re-closure of the artery which could lead to life-threat...New research explores limits of non-invasive coronary imaging tests
...flow to the heart muscle with balloon angioplasty, stents or coronary artery bypass surgery) could result in unnecessary revascularization procedures and higher costs without clear benefits to patients. The results of this and other similar studies will be important in guiding our decisions about management...'Dua Anti-reflux Valve' found to improve quality of life for bile duct/pancreatic cancer patients
...o help improve the passage of bile. However, these stents frequently clog requiring repeat procedures to rep... function of the stent, i.e. bile drainage as both stents were equally effective in improving liver tests, and complication rates were similar. "Our next ste...