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 31, 2008 - New evidence from a large randomized study is answering important questions about the best approach to ...

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March 31, 2008 - Although drug-eluting stents have become widely used for the treatment of stable coronary artery ...

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March 31, 2008 — When a clot develops inside a coronary stent, it can block blood flow to the heart, potentially causing ...

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March 31, 2008 - As part of the Philips cath lab showcase at ACC, the company presented Live 3D TEE technology for ...

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March 30, 2008 - One-year data from the ENDEAVOR IV trial showing strong clinical efficacy for Medtronic's Endeavor drug ...

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March 25, 2008 - Researchers have just completed the first European case in a global clinical trial, the STABLE trial ...

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March 25, 2008 - Medlogics Device Corp.s’ COBRA Coronary Stent System, a new thin, bare metal stent (BMS), received the ...

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The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has partnered with the American College of ...

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March 13, 2008 – Abbott’s fully bioabsorbable drug-eluting stent for the treatment of coronary artery disease ...

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This may be the Red Bull of interventional cardiology sessions, since The Society of Cardiovascular Angiography ...

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March 11, 2008 - Abbott announced today that it has received CE Mark (Conformite Europeene) approval for a 2.25 mm ...

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March 11, 2008 – Medtronic Inc. will feature its newly FDA-cleared Endeavor Zotarolimus-Eluting Coronary Stent System ...

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February 28, 2008 - The first human received Medtronic’s investigational bifurcation stent, a Y-shaped design that ...

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February 19, 2008 - A regimen of aspirin, clopidogrel and coumadin started at discharge decreased mortality and ...

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February 19, 2008 – The first CE certified Nobori Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent System was successfully implanted ...

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