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Balloon Angioplasty Defined

A technique that uses a balloon catheter to open arteries clogged with fatty deposits

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Regado Biosciences Completes Patient Enrollment For Phase IIa Study Of REG1 Anticoagulation System

Published October 15, 2008, 4:07 am, Medical News Today

Regado Biosciences, Inc., announced the Company has completed enrollment in the Phase IIa clinical study of its REG1 Anticoagulation System in patients undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

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Had an angioplasty? Maybe it wasn't needed

Published October 15, 2008, 3:37 am, PhysOrg

Most elective angioplasties, including those in Wisconsin, are done without checking to see whether they are needed by doing a non-invasive stress test, an analysis has found.

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Study questions necessity of angioplasties

Published October 14, 2008, 11:11 pm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Most elective angioplasties, including those in Wisconsin, are done without checking to see whether they are needed by doing a noninvasive stress test, an analysis has found.

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Heart Patients Don't Get Tests Before Treatment, Study Finds

Published October 14, 2008, 2:10 pm, Bloomberg

Oct. 14 (Bloomberg) -- More than half the patients with stable heart disease aren't getting an exercise stress test that is recommended before they undergo a procedure to clear their clogged coronary arteries, a study found.

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To Reduce Costs of Medical Care, Pay for Procedures That Are Known to Work

Published October 14, 2008, 1:35 pm, Newswise

Authors of an article in the Oct. 15 Journal of the American Medical Association are available to provide details on "evidence-based reimbursement" as a way to reduce health care costs without diminishing quality.

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Some angioplasties done without stress tests, study says

Published October 14, 2008, 1:26 pm, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Most elective angioplasties, including those performed throughout Wisconsin, are done without first checking to...

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TCT 2008: New Devices Used To Reduce Arterial Occlusions, Provide Cardiac Support

Published October 14, 2008, 4:09 am, Medical News Today

Research results highlighting three new devices used to reduce blockages in peripheral and coronary arteries and to provide cardiac support will be presented at the 20th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF).

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New Data Shows Abbott's Bioabsorbable Drug Eluting Stent Is Absorbed Within Two Years - Leaving Behind Functioning ...

Published October 14, 2008, 3:07 am, Medical News Today

Abbott (NYSE: ABT) announced two-year data from 30 patients in its ABSORB clinical trial, demonstrating that its bioabsorbable drug eluting stent successfully treated coronary artery disease and was absorbed into the walls of treated arteries within two years, leaving behind blood vessels that appeared to move and function similar to unstented arteries.

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Breakthrough In Singapore's Stem Cell Research

Published October 14, 2008, 12:01 am, PRWeb via Yahoo! News

Heart muscle-like cells developed from adult stem cells in Singapore's National Heart Center have been shown to interact with and improve the function of a failing heart in animal studies

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New Data Shows Abbott's Bioabsorbable Drug Eluting Stent is Absorbed Within Two Years - Leaving Behind Functioning ...

Published October 13, 2008, 5:00 am, PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Abbott today announced two-year data from 30 patients in its ABSORB clinical trial, demonstrating that its bioabsorbable drug eluting stent successfully treated coronary artery disease and was absorbed into the walls of treated arteries within two years, leaving behind blood vessels that appeared to move and function similar to unstented arteries.

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