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• Absorbable Heart Stent Shows Promise
• Angioplasty OK for Major Heart Artery Clogs
• Angioplasty Safe sans Surgical Backup
• Angioplasty Works Well in Women
• Angioplasty: No More Overnight Stays?
• Angioplasty: Timing Is Key To Success
• Avandia Prevents Blocked Stents
• Blood Clot Risk From Stents Seen in African-Americans
• Blood Thinner Improves Survival for Diabetics Receiving Stents
• Bypass May Beat Angioplasty for Diabetics With Heart Disease
• Bypass, Angioplasty Similar in Survival Rates
• Can Drug-Coated Stents Beat Bypass?
• Cheney Receives Stent in Narrowed Heart Artery
• Developing an Absorbable Heart Stent
• Docs Say Drug-Eluting Stents Save Lives
• Doctors Excited by Breakthrough Heart Stent
• Drug Coated Stents Have Dark Side
• Drug-Coated Heart Stents Work Better
• Drug-Coated Stent Fit for the Long Haul?
• Drug-Coated Stents Are Equal
• Drug-Coated Stents May Not Be Riskier
• Drug-Coated Stents Safest for Whom?
• Drug-Coated Stents: High Marks for Safety
• Drug-Coated Stents: The Real Risks
• FDA Enters Stent Safety Debate
• FDA OKs New Stent for Heart
• FDA Panel New Warnings For Stents
• For Multiple Heart Blockages, Bypass Surgery or Stents?
• Heart Attack? Drug-Coated Stents Best
• Heart Strategy: Angioplasty vs. Drugs
• Many Stent Procedures Unnecessary
• Neck Surgery Less Risky Than Stents
• New Brain Stent Opens Blocked Arteries
• New Drug Stents Help Keep Heart Artery Open
• New Heart Stent Looks Good in Study
• New Long-Term Risk Tied to Drug-Coated Stents
• New Stents May Prevent Future Complications
• Opeing Blocked Arteries May Damage Blood Vessels
• Paclitaxel: Reduces Repeat Heart Operations
• Speedy Angioplasty Is Critical to Heart Attack Patients' Survival
• Staying on Plavix Cuts Stent Risk
• Stents Linked to Deaths, Clots, FDA Says
• Stents May Not Increase Patient Survival
• Stroke Prevention: Stent as Good as Surgery
• Survival Same With Newer, Older Stents
• To Stent or Not to Stent: Researchers Say It Depends
• Treatment for Heart Disease Has Improved Since the Advent of Stents
• When Bypass Beats Angioplasty