Stents

This channel includes news and new technology innovations for stents, also called vascular scaffolds. Stents are used to help prop open a vessel treated by balloon angioplasty because of the barotrauma caused by the extreme stretching of vessel walls. The stent enables to vessel to heal in an open position with collapsing. Drug eluting stents (DES) are coated in anti-proliferative drugs to precent scar tissue growth which can cause restenosis and occlude the vessel. DES require antiplatelet therapy because the drug carrier polymer on DES can cause thrombus inside the stent, even years after treatment, which is why bare metal stents are still used in some patients. This page includes news on coronary stents, carotid stents, peripheral stents, bioresorbable stents, and renal stents. 

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March 1, 2010 – Surgery and stenting to open blocked neck arteries proved similar in overall long-term safety and ...

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February 22, 2010 – During the Joint Interventional Meeting (JIM) Feb. 11-13 in Rome, the Cappella Sideguard 3.25 ...

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February 11, 2010 – Former president Bill Clinton received two coronary stents today after being admitted to the ...

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Feature | Habib Samady, M.D.

Editor’s note: Dr. Samady is an associate professor of medicine, division of cardiology,

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Feature | Dave Fornell

Fractional flow reserve (FFR) is starting to change cardiologists’ minds about how to treat patients since the ...

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The ACCULINK carotid stent is designed to provide easy and accurate stent placement in patients who have carotid ...

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February 2, 2010 – Data published in EuroIntervention (EuroIntervention, 2010; 5:698-702) demonstrate good safety ...

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February 1, 2010 – Three patent disputes between Boston Scientific Corp. and Johnson & Johnson (J&J) were settled ...

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January 27, 2010 – New 6, 7 and 8 mm diameters of the Maris Plus self-expanding peripheral stent system, were ...

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January 25, 2010 – Expanding its peripheral vascular disease product offerings, Medtronic Inc. today signed an ...

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January 25, 2010 – Trials for a stent that attracts endothelial progenitor cells show positive results in ...

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January 25, 2010 – Direct stenting of the carotid arteries is a feasible technique and is not inferior to ...

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January 8, 2010 – Japanese regulatory officials this week cleared the XIENCE V Everolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent ...

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January 7, 2010 – Anti-platelet treat with Effient (prasugrel) compared with Plavix (clopidogrel) was more cost ...

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January 5, 2010 – In vivo and in vitro data released yesterday shows a new bioresorbable stent platform allows for ...

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