Dallas, TX - In a study hailed as the "first rigorous analysis of the costs of brachytherapy," Dr David J Cohen (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA) and colleagues report that the cost ...

Figure 1. Colorized scanning electron microscope (SEM) image of a biodegradable drug-eluting coating on a coronary stent. Catheter-based interventions have revolutionized the practice of ...

Although the use of stents to treat coronary artery disease has soared during the past decade thanks to novel equipment and new implant techniques, clinical data has recently raised concerns around ...

NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - Drug-coated stents were more effective in reducing the risk of repeat surgical procedures, heart attack and death in patients with diabetes, compared with the older bare metal ...

Introduction Is Long-term Single Antiplatelet Clopidogrel Therapy Safe After Drug-Eluting Stent Implantation in Patients on Anticoagulants? MATRIX Registry: Duration of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After ...

LOS ANGELES – Severe stenosis (blockage) to the left main coronary artery - a condition commonly called a "widow-maker"- can result in sudden death. For nearly 30 years, the gold standard for ...

Prasugrel monotherapy after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with drug-eluting stents is not superior to dual-antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) for major bleeding but is non-inferior for ...

NICE has recommended that there is not enough evidence comparing drug-eluting stents to determine whether price variation between different stents is justified. NHS trusts should provide access to a ...

First-generation bioresorbable vascular scaffolds (BVS) may be just as effective as drug-eluting metallic stents, which are currently the standard treatment for heart disease patients undergoing ...

WATERTOWN, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--PanTher Therapeutics (PanTher), a clinical-stage oncology company developing next-generation targeted therapies for solid tumors, today announced that a ...

When someone comes in for a new heart stent, it's critical that the medical team doing the procedure knows several key facts about previous stents the patient has had. But fewer than half of patients ...