New study: Drug-coated stents not so bad
AP/Yahoo News, September 11, 2007
Drug-coated heart stents may not increase the risk of blood clots as much as previously thought, according to research presented at the annual European Society of Cardiology conference. Previous research suggested that the devices were caused an increased number of fatal blood clots.
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