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Best use of drug-eluting stents
Compared with bare metal stents, drug-eluting stents substantially reduce the risk of angiographic and clinical recurrence but do not affect mortality or the short term or long term risk of myocardial infarction.   view more (2008-09-02)

Early reports of thrombosis after insertion of drug-eluting stent (pp 1466, 1519)
Authors of a research letter in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlight how the use of drug-eluting stents (DES) may carry a risk of subsequent thrombosis if stenting is accompanied by a withdrawal of antiplatelet therapy.   view more (2004-10-20)

Medication-releasing stent reduces risk of artery re-narrowing following angioplasty
Compared to bare metal stents, placement of stents that release the medication paclitaxel reduces the risk of the artery re-narrowing nine months following angioplasty for patients with complex coronary artery lesions.   view more (2005-09-14)

Study highlights benefits of drug-eluting stents in coronary revascularisation (pp 558, 583)
A pooled analysis of 11 previously published trials provides evidence that drug-eluting stents (DES)-increasingly used in coronary angioplasty-have benefits over bare-metal stents (BMS) by reducing the need for later revascularisation and reducing the risk of cardiac events. However the study did... view more (2004-08-11)

More patients with drug-coated cardiac stents survive, avoid costly follow-up procedures
The more than ten million Americans who've received drug-eluting stents to open their blocked coronary arteries have a bright future, according to new research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.   view more (2008-05-23)

ESC Congress 2003: New drug-eluting stents: enthusiasm sobered by economic constraints
IMPORTANT: This press release accompanies both a presentation and an ESC press conference given at the ESC Congress 2003. Written by the investigator himself/herself, this press release does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Society of Cardiology ESC Congress 2003: Drug-eluting... view more (2003-09-02)

Risk and outcome similar for bypass surgery, drug-eluting stents
Drug-eluting stent therapy and bypass surgery for coronary artery disease have about the same risk for a major cardiac event within 30 days after the procedures, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 8th Annual Conference on Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis and Vascular Biology.   view more (2007-04-20)

Drug-eluting stents more effective, equally as safe as bare metal stents in clinical trial
Late-breaking data from the HORIZONS AMI (Harmonizing Outcomes with RevascularIZatiON and Stents in Acute Myocardial Infarction) trial reveal that after one year, use of a drug-eluting (paclitaxel) stent demonstrated significantly reduced rates of target lesion revascularization (TLR) and binary... view more (2008-10-16)

Combining liver cancer treatments doubles survival rates, UVA researchers find
By combining the use of stents and photodynamic therapy, also called SpyGlass, physicians at the University of Virginia have been able to significantly increase survival rates for patients suffering from advanced cholangiocarcinoma, cancer of the liver bile duct.   view more (2008-04-16)

Bare-metal stents are better for some heart patients
While drug-eluting stents are effective in keeping open diseased heart arteries, they should not be used for patients who need to have non-cardiac surgery a short time after an interventional heart procedure.   view more (2007-05-14)

Olive oil emulsion helps with problem heart arteries
An emulsion of olive oil, egg yolk and glycerine might be just the recipe to keep heart patients away from the operating room and cardiac bypass surgery.   view more (2006-12-19)

Jefferson scientists find that drug-eluting stents are disappointing in bypass grafts — sometimes
While drug-eluting stents are effective in keeping open bypassed heart veins that aren't too diffuse (filled with cholesterol plaque), a new study by cardiologists at Jefferson Medical College shows that they fare less well in keeping open bypassed veins with longer blockages.   view more (2007-03-27)

Comparison of drug-releasing coronary stents show similar effectiveness
Use of coronary stents that release the drugs sirolimus or paclitaxel produced similar results in patients with new coronary artery lesions, according to a study in the February 22 issue of JAMA.   view more (2006-02-22)

Study looks at off-label use of biliary stents
Although approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as a palliative treatment for cancer patients who have developed bile-duct obstructions, biliary stents are sometimes used "off-label" for the treatment of peripheral vascular disease (PVD).   view more (2008-01-21)

Treatment of severe coronary artery disease with drug-eluting stents a viable alternative to CABG
Severe stenosis (blockage) to the left main coronary artery-a condition commonly called a "widow-maker"- can result in sudden death.   view more (2006-02-28)

Comparison of anticoagulants for angioplasty show similar outcomes
In a comparison of anticoagulants and stents for use with angioplasty following a heart attack, the anticoagulants abciximab and tirofiban had similar outcomes for some cardiac measures within 90 minutes after the procedure, while patients who received stents that released the drug sirolimus had a... view more (2008-03-31)

Study confirms that stents releasing medication help keep heart bypass vein grafts open
Stents can be inserted into a grafted vein or into a native coronary artery during a balloon angioplasty procedure.   view more (2005-12-02)

Multidetector CT: Non-Invasive Alternative to Bronchoscopy in Patients with Airway Stent Complications
Multidetector CT (MDCT) scans are highly accurate in detecting airway stent complications according to a recent study performed at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.   view more (2008-11-04)

Interior Finish For Vascular Wall
When "repairing" human body, specialists think about the best ways to furnish the inner vascular wall. Their research is funded through the Program of the Russian Academy of Sciences entitled "Abstract Sciences for Medicine", the US Civilian Research and Development Foundation... view more (2005-05-20)

Drug-eluting stents may cause allergic reactions
Drug-eluting stents have greatly reduced the risk of repeat blockage of heart arteries, but researchers from Northwestern Memorial Hospital have found that in some patients, the stents can cause allergic reactions that can have serious consequences.   view more (2005-12-20)

Stent Or Bypass Surgery For Coronary Artery Disease?
An international study in this week`s issue of THE LANCET highlights how patients given bypass surgery for blocked or narrowed coronary arteries are less likely to require further intervention than patients given stent-assisted balloon angioplasty. The study also reported an apparent survival... view more (2002-09-25)

Mayo Clinic researchers use magnetic attraction to improve stents, reduce blood clot risk
Mayo Clinic heart researchers have devised a new strategy to improve the effectiveness and safety of heart stents, which are used to open narrowed blood vessels and have been the recent subject of clotting concerns.   view more (2006-11-03)

ESC Congress 2003: Advocating the use of drug-eluting stents in all patients with coronary disease
IMPORTANT: This press release accompanies both a presentation and an ESC press conference given at the ESC Congress 2003. Written by the investigator himself/herself, this press release does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Society of Cardiology ESC Congress 2003: Drug-eluting... view more (2003-09-02)

ESC Congress 2003: In whom submitted to a percutaneous coronary intervention could we avoid stenting?
IMPORTANT: This press release accompanies both a presentation and an ESC press conference given at the ESC Congress 2003. Written by the investigator himself/herself, this press release does not necessarily reflect the opinion of the European Society of Cardiology ESC Congress 2003: Drug-eluting... view more (2003-09-02)

Bypass surgery tops angioplasty for sickest heart patients
Patients with severe coronary artery disease live longer if they receive coronary artery bypass surgery as their initial treatment instead of artery-opening angioplasty or heart medications.   view more (2006-10-02)
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