Article: DRUG-COATED STENTS KEEP BLOOD FLOWING

Article: Clots linked to drug-coated stents
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  March 25, 2007 ;     505 words ... ... patients with drug-coated stents made by Boston Scientific ... amp; Johnson's coated stents. The agency has said ... t mean that drug-coated stents, designed to release medicine to prevent scar tissue, should be avoided ...

Article: ANOTHER CHOICE FOR DOCTORS, PATIENTS CARDIOLOGISTS HAVE A NEW ...
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI);  February 26, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... have a side effect: Scar tissue can form around them ... the artery. Drug-coated stents, introduced in 2003, reduce the risk of scar tissue. But they, too ... patients from drug-coated stents to bare-metal stents ...

Article: Drug-coated stents can raise risk of clots.
Newsday (Melville, NY);  September 14, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Patients with drug-coated stents may have to remain ... open. WHAT DRUG-COATED STENTS DO Traditional bare ... after surgery. Drug-coated stents, approved in 2003 ... substance that help reduce scar tissue. However these substances ...

Article: FDA advisory panel warns against the off-label use of ...
Pharma Marketletter;  December 18, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... to inhibit reclogging, especially with scar tissue. The FDA has not cleared drug-coated stents for use in patients with complications ... Laboratories both have applications for drug-coated stents under review by the FDA, with action ...

Article: FDA Approves Drug-Coated Stents; Washington ...
Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  April 24, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... approval. "Drug-coated stents may be the most important ... involving sirolimus-coated stents, and currently is ... growth that produces scar tissue, and thereby to prevent ... Studies of drug-coated stents in Europe and in the ...

Article: POPULAR DRUG-COATED STENTS ARE CHALLENGED; LOCAL ...
The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY);  November 7, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... benefits of using drug-coated stents far exceed the risks ... patients, too much scar tissue grows around the metal ... inhibit the growth of scar tissue. When they first came ... years ago, the drug-coated stents were touted as a major ...

Transcript: FDA Weighs Risks, Benefits of Drug-Coated Stents
NPR All Things Considered;  December 7, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... that people with the coated stents are more likely to ... That's because scar tissue would form around the ... drugs that would keep scar tissue from forming. The ... 2003, and pretty soon coated stents dominated the field ...