Drug-eluting stents found safe, superior to bare metal stents
DURHAM, NC Drug-eluting stents were safe and superior to bare metal stents in preventing death and heart attacks among 262,700 "real-world" patients enrolled in a nationwide registry of cardiovascular disease, according to researchers from Duke University Medical Center. The findings were pre...Coated Stents Better Than Bare Metal Ones in Short Run
But slightly higher mortality rates showed up after 3 years, study finds THURSDAY, Dec. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Angioplasty patients who receive stents coated with medication to prevent narrowing of the artery do better one year after the surgery than those who receive bare metal stents...Drug-Eluting Stents Beat Bare Metal Stents in Diabetics
Study highlights: -- Drug-eluting stents showed improved outcomes as compared with bare metal stents in diabetics. -- No excess adverse events were found with drug-eluting stents in diabetic patients. NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 11 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Drug-eluting stents reduced the risk of...Drug-Coated Stents No Riskier in Long Run Than Bare Metal Ones
Largest study to date finds no difference in heart attack or mortality rates SUNDAY, Nov. 4 (HealthDay News) -- In the largest study of its kind to date, Harvard researchers report that they have found drug-eluting stents pose no more risk of heart attack or death than bare metal stent...Filipino Mothers Go Bare Protesting Against Milk Formula Companies
A group of Filipino women exposed themselves outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday in support of breastfeeding as milk formula companies launched a legal challenge against advertising restrictions . The 21 women, aged between 37 and 72, said they had all raised healthy children on natural br...Lutonix, Inc. Announces First Patient Enrollments in Three Separate Clinical Trials
...ted Balloon Catheter for the treatment of coronary bare metal stent in-stent restenosis (ISR). The study w...reating many types of coronary diseases, including bare metal ISR." The LEVANT I Trial ... De Novo study will assess the interaction between bare metal stents and the Lutonix Drug Coated Balloon C...Abbott Reports Strong Second Quarter Results; Confirms Double-Digit Earnings Growth Outlook for 2009
...h an opportunity to reach the market years ahead of competitors. Core products - Devices in active development include a next-generation bare metal stent, frontline and high-pressure balloons, and new guidewires. Endovascular products - Self-expanding and balloon-expanding periph...CorNova(R) Receives CE Mark Approval for Valecor Platinum(R) Coronary Stent System
...cement over current offerings in the relatively undifferentiated $1 billion bare stent market," said S. Eric Ryan, M.D., chairman and chief executive office...ign, it has shown superior anti-restentotic performance compared to leading bare metal stents in preclinical studies." About CorNova CorNova is a d...Analysis of drug-eluting stents data demonstrates safety, efficacy in on-and-off-label use
...r Research Foundation (CRF) announced that results of the largest meta-analysis to date comparing mortality rates for drug-eluting stents (DES) versus bare metal stents (BMS) were published online June 15 in the journal Circulation . The study also compared the rates of myocardial infarction (MI) and tar...Drug-Eluting Stents Outperform Bare Stents in Heart Attack
Anti-clotting drug tirofiban also edges abciximab CHICAGO, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- New evidence from a large randomized study is answering important questions about the best approach to percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in patients with a type of heart attack known as ST-seg...The Lancet Publishes Two-Year Results of Abbott's Fully Bioabsorbable Drug Eluting Stent
...ott has consistently been at the forefront of advances in interventional cardiology - from the early days of angioplasty to our continued success with bare metal stents and the market-leading XIENCE V drug eluting stent. Our bioabsorbable device is another example of scientific innovation leading to an in...Megabeam Non-Contact Fibers for Holmium Lasers
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For a virus to survive, it must elude the ever vigilant immune sentinels of its host. A latent virus can escape immune detection if it resides in nondividing cells and doesn’t produce any proteins. No viral proteins means no red flags for immune cells. If the virus targets one of the many cell type...Climate change poker: The barriers which are preventing a global agreement
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... in partnership with BirdLife International, the researchers found that the ibis prefer to forage in open and accessible sites with low vegetation and bare soil. This is believed to be because it makes it easier to find prey, aids take-off and landing, and improves detection of approaching danger. Tra...Getting to the root of science in a nutty way
... was fitted with a six-foot clear plastic tube into which a camera will be inserted at various times in the growing year. "Pecan trees are planted bare root, that is with not much root system," Lombardini said. "The camera turns to capture a panoramic-type view. So we will be able to watch as these ro...Pest management specialist Charles Summers wins prestigious Woodworth Award
...he data shows that marketable yields with summer squash, cucumber, and pumpkins grown over reflective mulch are higher than those in plants grown over bare soil, both with and without insecticide. We also determined that the use of reflective mulch, without insecticides, leads to significantly increased y...Australia's most endangered snake might need burning
...e images taken in 2006 to ascertain the relative coverage of vegetation and bare sandstone in each year. "The results indicate that the amount of bare sandstone, which is critical habitat for broad-headed snakes and their prey...Promising 3-year data: Saving limbs with drug-eluting stents
...corresponds to a more than 5 times increased risk of vessel reclogging when bare metal stents were used," he added. "Because of the reduced vessel restenosi...e equivalent to an almost 2.5-fold risk of repeat procedures in the case of bare metal stents," noted Karnabatidis. "These statistical results are based on ...The global impact of climate change on biodiversity
...hill towards cooler conditions, the amount of land that is available to them gets smaller and smaller. And because most of the top of the mountain is bare rock, they may not be able to find suitable habitats, even if the temperature is right. Some of the species are likely to die out." The New Expedi...A win-win: U-pick pumpkin farms recycle urban leaves
...ying municipal leaves to the soil surface exhibited a marked advantage over bare soil in producing clean pumpkin fruit. In both years, the percentage of cle...t at harvest was higher in both leaf mulch production systems compared with bare soil." Cities and towns seeking a cost-effective method to dispose of co...Earthworm activity can alter forests' carbon-carrying capabilities
...t is in the thickness of layers of leaves and debris left on forest floors. bare soil is generally very dark, absorbing more sunlight, which may dry it out ... fall they actively consume litter and mix it into the soil, leaving only a bare surface by year's end." Filley said. In contrast, sites that have no ear...Micell Technologies' Rapid Absorption Polymer DES System to be Presented at CRT 2009
...that the drug is being delivered offers the therapeutic benefits of a drug-eluting stent, while quickly transforming itself to the safety profile of a bare metal stent." Earlier this year, Micell obtained the rights to a CE marked cobalt chromium stent to use as its platform for its proprietary coati...vProtect(TM) Luminal Shield Stabilizes Life-Threatening Plaque
...rterial wall. This is a hallmark of a successful implant and demonstrated that the Shield performed much better than would be expected for traditional bare metal stents and comparable to the first generation of drug-eluting stents. "The self-expanding vProtect(TM) Luminal Shield minimizes injury on...Medical Machines Online Announces Release of a Brand New Philips HeartStart AED Defibrillator
...caregiver on the scene through each step of defibrillation and CPR. This unit also comes with integrated SMART Pads, which are placed on the patient's bare skin to transmit information to the defibrillator, which senses and adapts to what is needed in the specific situation. This defibrillator is just one...Abbott's XIENCE V(TM) Drug Eluting Stent Wins Prestigious Chicago Innovation Award
...eatre attended by approximately 800 local business, academic and government leaders. About XIENCE V XIENCE V is built upon Abbott's market-leading bare metal stent, the MULTI-LINK VISION(R) Coronary Stent System. The VISION platform has the thinnest stent structure available and is designed to facilit...The Micell Rapid Absorption Polymer DES System to be Presented at TCT 2008
...liferative drug. Taken together, the Micell DES has the potential to offer the therapeutic benefit of a drug-eluting stent and the safety profile of a bare metal stent." Dr. Kandzari is the Director of Interventional Cardiology Research at the Scripps Clinic in La Jolla, CA. About Micell Technologies ...