A recent study published in Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine found that using genetic information to prescribe medications following a stent's being placed after a heart attack reduces the risk of fatal outcomes ...
Nov 4, 2021
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A five-year follow-up study confirms that a Cleveland Clinic-developed protocol improved outcomes for the most severe type of heart attacks—not only reducing mortality in both men and women, but eliminating or reducing ...
Sep 29, 2021
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More than 2 million coronary artery stents are implanted each year to help protect or restore normal blood flow to the heart, to treat patients suffering from angina or a heart attack due to coronary artery disease (CAD). ...
Jun 17, 2021
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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.
May 19, 2021
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In patients who had a coronary stent inserted after experiencing the most severe type of heart attack, the use of a technique that measures blood flow and pressure through a partially blocked artery to determine if a second ...
May 17, 2021
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A one-month treatment of dual anti-platelet therapy is safe and as effective as a longer duration of therapy at preventing cardiac events in patients one year after stent placement, according to late-breaking research presented ...
Nov 16, 2020
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For patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) that also require oral anticoagulation, treatment with a nanotechnology polymer-coated stent plus 14-day dual anti-platelet therapy (DAPT) did not reduce bleeding ...
Oct 19, 2020
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A randomized clinical trial found that drug-eluting stents (DES) with durable polymers are non-inferior to DES with biodegradable polymers in patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS).
Oct 19, 2020
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In a study with the longest follow-up to date of patients with a high-risk form of heart disease known as left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD), researchers found no significant differences in rates of death, heart attack ...
Mar 30, 2020
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Patients with complex heart disease who stopped taking aspirin three months after the insertion of one or more coronary stents and then took the anti-platelet medication ticagrelor alone for a year had fewer episodes of bleeding ...
Mar 30, 2020
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