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University of Maryland Medical Center Launches Genetic-Testing Program For Cardiac Stent Patients

Patients with coronary artery disease who undergo treatment at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) now can receive long-term therapy based on information found in their genes. As part of a new personalized medicine initiative, the med...

Elixer bioresorbable stent
Elixir Gains European Approval for Fully Bioresorbable Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent

Elixir Medical Corp. announced it received CE (Conformité Européenne) mark approval for its DESolve Novolimus-eluting bioresorbable coronary stent scaffold system. The scaffold is designed to degrade in about one year returning the...

Zilver PTX Drug Eluting Stent Recalled Due to Catheter Separation Issue

Cook Medical has initiated a global voluntary recall of its Zilver PTX Drug Eluting Peripheral Stent based on its investigation into a small number of complaints that the delivery system of the device had separated at the tip of the inner catheter...

Promus Premier DES Receives European Approval

Boston Scientific received CE mark approval for the Promus Premier everolimus-eluting platinum chromium coronary stent system, the company's next-generation durable polymer drug-eluting stent (DES) technology. The Promus Premier is designed to imp...

InspireMD's MGuard Embolic Protection Stent Shows...
InspireMD Inc. announced new six-month results from the MASTER (MGuard for Acute ST Elevation Reperfusion) trial demonstrating that the MGuard...
University of Maryland Medical Center Genetic-Testing Program Cardiac Stent
University of Maryland Medical Center Launches Genetic-...
Patients with coronary artery disease who undergo treatment at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) now can receive long-term therapy based on...
Elixer bioresorbable stent
Elixir Gains European Approval for Fully Bioresorbable Drug...
Elixir Medical Corp. announced it received CE (Conformité Européenne) mark approval for its DESolve Novolimus-eluting bioresorbable coronary stent...
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Zinc Bioresorbable Stents May Offer Alternative to...
University of Michigan researchers said the preliminary results of using biresorbable zinc stents were amazing, with corrosion rates exactly where they need to...
Medtronic Resolute Integrity Stent FDA Approval 34, 38 mm
New Sizes of Medtronic Resolute Integrity Target Long Coronary Lesions
The 34 and 38 mm lengths of the Medtronic Resolute Integrity drug-eluting stent in diameters of 3, 3.5 and 4 mm with an indication for
S.M.A.R.T. Control Vascular Stent System for (SFA) and/or (PPA) Use
Cordis Corporation's  S.M.A.R.T. Control Vascular Stent Systems are designed for use in the superficial femoral artery (SFA) and/or...
Zilver PTX is First Drug-Eluting Peripheral Stent
Cook Medical’s Zilver PTX drug-eluting peripheral stent is the first device of its kind on several fronts to go before FDA review...
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InspireMD's MGuard Embolic Protection Stent Shows...
InspireMD Inc. announced new six-month results from the MASTER (MGuard for Acute ST Elevation Reperfusion) trial demonstrating that the MGuard...
University of Maryland Medical Center Genetic-Testing Program Cardiac Stent
University of Maryland Medical Center Launches Genetic-...
Patients with coronary artery disease who undergo treatment at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) now can receive long-term therapy based on...
Elixer bioresorbable stent
Elixir Gains European Approval for Fully Bioresorbable Drug...
Elixir Medical Corp. announced it received CE (Conformité Européenne) mark approval for its DESolve Novolimus-eluting bioresorbable coronary stent...
bioresorbable stent, zinc stent
Zinc Bioresorbable Stents May Offer Alternative to...
University of Michigan researchers said the preliminary results of using biresorbable zinc stents were amazing, with corrosion rates exactly where they need to...

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This webinar focuses on implementation of different strategies to reduce radiation exposure during interventional electrophysiology (EP) procedures. It offers an overview of the current state-of-the-...
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