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Drug-eluding stents pose no added risk
"There has been a growing concern about the possibility of an increased risk of stent thrombosis (the formation of a clot in a blood vessel) associated with the use of drug-eluting stents compared with bare-metal stents," said Dr. David Malenka of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H.
"Although other data may suggest some incremental risk of stent thrombosis with the use of drug-eluting stents, we can detect no adverse consequence to the health of the population," the researchers said. "We speculate that whatever the increased risk of stent thrombosis associated with drug-eluting stent use is, it's more than offset by a decrease in the risk of developing restenosis (re-narrowing of a coronary artery after angioplasty) and the attendant risk of a procedure to treat that restenosis."
The study appears in the June 25 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Copyright 2008 by United Press International
This news arrived on: 06/30/2008
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