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Severe asymptomatic heart disease may ... ...
View Blog: Results of the cardiac stress MRI exams identified two additional patients with signs of coronary artery disease, one of whom underwent angiography and stent placement. In total, 24 (21 percent) of the 115 patients who underwent imaging

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View Post: New computer model could lead to safer stents
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2 Dec 2009 by BJS   ...
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View Post: Hospitals getting more heart attack patients critical care within ...
2 Dec 2009 by Lauran Neergaard  
October 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - A new study has found that coronary artery calcium scans can prove to be an effective screening tool for patients with silent heart disease who are at risk for a heart attack or sudden death. .... healthwarehouse Drug therapy more cost-effective than angioplasty for diabetic patients with heart disease, study suggests; newtextbook Handbook of Angioplasty and Stenting Procedures (Techniques in Interventional Radiology) - Springer. ...
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View Post: Stenting May Equal Bypass for Diabetic Heart Patients - Drugs.com ...
25 Nov 2009
Bypass surgery has been the standard treatment for diabetic patients with coronary artery disease. However, less invasive approaches such as angioplasty with stenting -- where a thin mesh tube is inserted to open the artery -- have ...
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View Post: Pulmonary Artery Growth After Palliation of Congenital Heart ...
29 Nov 2009 by Giuseppe Santoro, Giovanbattista Capozzi,...  
The aim of this study was to compare the pulmonary artery (PA) growth after arterial duct (AD) stenting versus modified Blalock-Taussig shunt (MBTS) in neonates with congenital heart disease with duct-dependent pulmonary circulation ...
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View Post: Mitral-valve repair
11 hours ago
Among patients with rheumatic heart disease, where mitral regurgitation is not caused by prolapse, these valves should be replaced, said Verma. Also, in older patients with left ventricular dysfunction or those who are severely symptomatic, the advantages of .... Dr. Dean Kereiakes leads an international panel of experts, Drs. Meredith, Banning, and Hermiller, as they discuss fascinating developments in stent and polymer technology and design their "dream stent." ...
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View Post: Kathy Freston: Heart Disease: A Toothless Paper Tiger That Need ...
27 Oct 2009 by Kathy Freston  
Some drugs may decrease blood pressure and the heart workload. Others interfere with clotting which helps a stent remain open. Statin drugs lower cholesterol. None of these drugs or interventions addresses the basic causation of disease ...
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View Post: MPMN » Thin-Film Nitinol Shapes Future of Stents for PAD
30 Nov 2009 by shana  
Occurring when arteries harden, thereby narrowing and restricting blood flow to the limbs, peripheral arterial disease (PAD) affects an estimated 8 million Americans, according to the American Heart Association. ...
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View Post: The Medical Quack: BioAbsorbable Stents – Clinical Trial Results ...
26 Nov 2009 by The Medical Quack  
Interventional Cardiologists and Radiologists are the ones you really want to know today if you have any heart problems or blockage in your blood vessels. I have posted quite a few articles here about interventional treatments. ... ABSORB EXTEND is a single-arm study designed to further evaluate the performance of Abbott's proprietary fully bioabsorbable stent technology. The study will enroll patients with more complex coronary artery disease and is slated to begin ...
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