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Post-stent chest pain, revisited

Heart Sisters

Heart patients with persistent or recurrent post-stent chest pain present “an unmet clinical need”, according to the European Journal of Cardiology.

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Early Win for Preemptive Stents on Vulnerable Coronary Plaque

Med Page Today

(MedPage Today) -- ATLANTA -- The concept of using stents to seal off non-flow-limiting vulnerable plaques, before they have a chance to rupture, worked out in the first major trial testing this provocative idea. Compared with standard medical.

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HonorHealth Research Institute First in Southwest to Implant New Stroke Prevention Stent

DAIC

This new system combines a truly innovative stent design,” said Dr. Ramaiah, a former director of the Arizona Heart Hospital. “We She already has three stents in her heart and so many stents and replacement arteries in both her legs that she’s lost count. The physician who performed the procedure, Venkatesh Ramaiah, M.D.,

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Dual-Antiplatelet Therapy After Drug-Eluting Stenting in ACS

JAMA Cardiology

This systematic review and network meta-analysis investigates the optimal duration of dual antiplatelet therapy in patients with acute coronary syndromes (ACS) undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting stents.

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Philips launches Duo Venous Stent System for Treatment of Symptomatic Venous Outflow Obstruction

DAIC

and an investigator in the VIVID study , which contributed to the device’s FDA approval – successfully used the Duo Venous Stent System for the first time outside of a clinical trial. Duo Hybrid has a distinct integrated design that combines multiple zones of differing mechanical properties into a single stent [3].

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Getinge Enters into Commercial Distribution Agreement with Cook Medical for iCast Covered Stent System in the United States

DAIC

milla1cf Wed, 04/17/2024 - 16:18 April 17, 2024 — Getinge and Cook Medical announced an exclusive sales and distribution agreement for the iCast covered stent system, which has been on the market for twenty years and recently received premarket approval for treatment of iliac arterial occlusive disease.

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Around 10% of Deaths from Coronary Stenting, Balloon Angioplasty are Preventable

DAIC

While PCI, which includes both angioplasty and stenting, is one of the most common operations in the world, it does carry a small (about 1-2%) but significant risk of death. in total, angioplasty and stenting was deemed to be of low value and potentially avoidable nearly one third of the time.