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Article: Drug-Eluting Stents Adopted Quickly, With Early Disparities.
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- November 10, 2004
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Byline: Duke University
DURHAM, N.C., Nov. 10 (AScribe Newswire) -- In the first comprehensive survey of its kind, Duke Clinical Research Institute researchers have documented that while the adoption of new drug-eluting stents has been rapid, their use has not been universally uniform among patients receiving them.
Furthermore, the researchers said, about one-third of the new stents were placed in patients with clinical characteristics for which such stent use has not yet been approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). However, the researchers said that their finding of a high rate of "off-label" usage should be seen more as an impetus for ...