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Article: Doctors seeing less risk in drug-coated stents
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- November 13, 2007
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Barnaby J. Feder The New York Times Media Group
International Herald Tribune
11-13-2007
Doctors seeing less risk in drug-coated stents
Byline: Barnaby J. Feder The New York Times Media Group
Edition: 4
Section: FINANCE/BUSINESS
NEW YORK --
A year after safety questions about drug-coated heart stents prompted doctors to change treatment for hundreds of thousands of cardiac patients, many physicians say the medical community overreacted and should reverse course.
The alarm was caused by medical studies suggesting that drug- coated stents might be causing deadly blood clots. But with benefit of additional data and further analysis, many doctors say drug- coated stents may not be so risky after ...