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Article: Large Study Gives Nod to Drug-Eluting Stents in Heart Attack.
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- PR Newswire
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- March 30, 2008
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Arterial renarrowing less likely, with no increase in mortality on long-term follow-up
CHICAGO, March 30 /PRNewswire/ -- Although drug-eluting stents have become widely used for the treatment of stable coronary artery disease, many cardiologists choose bare-metal stents for patients with heart attack, or myocardial infarction (MI), citing conflicting data about the safety and effectiveness of drug-eluting stents in this patient group. Such concerns are being challenged by an analysis of a large Massachusetts database.
The analysis showed a significantly lower risk of arterial renarrowing, or restenosis, among heart attack patients who were treated with drug-eluting ...