Insidermedicine in 60 - June 5 2009

Description: From Boston - According to research published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Interventions, drug-eluting stents are beneficial for older patients. In a study of over 11000 patients over the age of 70, researchers found that those who received paclitaxel-eluting stents had similar rates of death, heart attack, and stent thrombosis as those who received bare metal stents, but had a 54% lower rate of revascularization. From New Haven - According to research in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly ...