Stents

The information is from a conference, so we have to take the reporter's and reserchers 'word for it, but it does sound like the cheaper plain stents might be better or at least just as good as the drug-coated ones. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Johnson & Johnson , the company that created a $6 billion global market for devices called stents that prop open clogged heart arteries, is quitting the business after years of slumping sales and market share that reflected an inability to keep pace with rivals. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Aspirin and Plavix are typically given together to prevent clots in patients whose arteries are propped open with tiny metal devices called stents. ❋ Ron Winslow (2011)

Plus, the iron alloy is much thinner, meaning it can even be used for brain stents. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Johnson & Johnson , the company that created a $5 billion global market for tiny metal devices called stents that prop open clogged heart arteries, is leaving the business, succumbing to years of slumping sales and market share that reflected an inability to keep pace with competitors. ❋ Jonathan D. Rockoff (2011)

It's also commonly prescribed to patients treated with devices called stents to prop open diseased coronary arteries. ❋ Ron Winslow (2010)

Aggressive use of expensive diabetes drugs and medical devices called stents did no better than cheaper treatments at preventing deaths, heart attacks or strokes in a large study of diabetics with heart disease. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In a major clinical trial that provided the basis for Lilly's and Daiichi Sankyo's application for approval, prasugrel proved superior to Plavix in preventing life-threatening blood clots in heart patients -- including clots that form in tiny devices called stents that are implanted to prop open diseased coronary arteries. ❋ Unknown (2008)

For example, doctors used to use bare wire-mesh frames called stents to hold open clogged arteries, but the blood vessels routinely formed scar tissue over the stents and often narrowed again. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Patients who require their arteries to be held open by devices called stents now take blood-thinning drugs indefinitely. ❋ Unknown (2007)

He says that the study won't change the way he practices medicine, but emphasizes that patients whose arteries are propped open with metal coils called stents do still need the drug. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Metal mesh tubes called stents are used to keep the arteries from closing again. ❋ Unknown (2006)

And these devices, called stents, are now commonly used to open blockages in the arteries and prevent them from collapsing again. ❋ Unknown (2000)

The medical procedure, which is widely used, involves inserting tiny wire-like tubes known as stents into the artery to prevent plaque from building up and blocking the blood flow again. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Instead of fixing it, doctors reopened the original clogged artery and placed two mesh props called stents to keep it open. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Instead of trying to open the blocked bypass, doctors reopened the original clogged artery and placed two wire-mesh scaffolds called stents to keep it open. ❋ Unknown (2010)