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Article: ANOTHER CHOICE FOR DOCTORS, PATIENTS CARDIOLOGISTS HAVE A NEW GENERATION OF DRUG-COATED STENTS AVAILABLE FOR PEOPLE RECEIVING ANGIOPLASTY.(FRONT)
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- The Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
- Article date:
- February 26, 2008
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Byline: DAVID WAHLBERG dwahlberg@madison.com 608-252-6125
Bill Mitchell was stocking supplies at work when he suddenly felt pressure between his shoulders. The sensation went away but returned the next morning.
"It was a pain I had never experienced before," said Mitchell, 63, who lives near Dodgeville.
Like an estimated 13 million Americans, Mitchell had a clogged artery in his heart. Like roughly a million patients each year, he received stent angioplasty. In the procedure, wire mesh cylinders are placed in clogged arteries to prop them open.
The stent Mitchell received this month is a new model, recently approved by the U.S. Food ...