Angioplasty plus stenting better than thrombolysis for elderly patients with AMI
...up was 14% in the thrombolysis group and 2% in the percutaneous intervention group, the Israeli physicians report. Dr. Hod's team concludes that, for treatment of elderly patients with acute myocardial infarction ,primary angioplasty with the routine use of coronary stents and intensive antiplatelet therapy is as...Analyzing The Side Effects Of Sirolimus Stents
...ts. Sirolimus-eluting stents are widely used for percutaneous coronary interventions because of their excellent ...oconstriction in a vessel segment not subjected to percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty barotrauma may be due to diffusion of the antiproliferative drug f...The Benefits of abciximab with clopidogrel for percutaneous coronary intervention Questioned
...ndicated that abciximab use in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) after pretreatment with 600 mg clopidogrel for less than 2 hours offered no clinically measurable benefit at 30 days. The trial included 2159 patients undergoing PCI for stable or unstable angina without marked ST-segmen...Alcohol Consumption After Heart Surgery Questioned
...chers evaluated 225 men after they had undergone a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), a procedure to open blocked arteries with a stent. Less traumatic than bypass surgery, a stent opens the artery but may cause inflammation resulting in renarrowing of the artery, usually within four months. ......ever, one complication that often occurs when such percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) take place is clotting. Previous research has shown the advantage of tackling the clotting problem with aspirin and anti-clotting drugs given for a few weeks after the PCI. A new study now shows that giving the combina...