Cardiology Product Guide » stents http://blog.cardiologyproductguide.com A comprehensive guide to cardiology products for medical professionals Tue, 14 Jun 2011 11:39:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 FDA Approves Expansion of Endologix’s Main Product Line http://blog.cardiologyproductguide.com/2010/07/07/fda-approves-expansion-of-endologixs-main-product-line/ http://blog.cardiologyproductguide.com/2010/07/07/fda-approves-expansion-of-endologixs-main-product-line/#comments Wed, 07 Jul 2010 18:40:52 +0000 admin http://www.cardiologyproductguide.com/blog/?p=341 Endologix Inc said that the Food and Drug Administration has approved the expansion of its main product line. The FDA approval covers 31 new sizes of its Powerlink stents, which it said should expand the number of patients they can be used on by to 5% to 10%. Endologix’s stents are used to reinforce a ruptured or ballooning section of an artery.

]]> http://blog.cardiologyproductguide.com/2010/07/07/fda-approves-expansion-of-endologixs-main-product-line/feed/ 0 “Nanoburrs” To Clear Arteries, Fight Heart Disease http://blog.cardiologyproductguide.com/2010/01/21/nanoburrs-to-clear-arteries-fight-heart-disease/ http://blog.cardiologyproductguide.com/2010/01/21/nanoburrs-to-clear-arteries-fight-heart-disease/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 07:33:13 +0000 admin http://www.cardiologyproductguide.com/blog/?p=223 Massachusetts Institute of Technology“Nanoburrs” are nanoparticles coated with a sticky protein that makes them cling onto artery walls while they slowly release drugs: the US researchers who are developing them hope they will one day provide an alternative to drug-releasing stents in fighting heart disease. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, (MIT) and Harvard Medical School researchers, wrote about how they developed and tested the nanoburrs as potential drug-releasing agents for targeting and repairing damaged blood vessels.

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]]> http://blog.cardiologyproductguide.com/2010/01/21/nanoburrs-to-clear-arteries-fight-heart-disease/feed/ 0 Drug-coated stents could boost death rate in heart attack patients http://blog.cardiologyproductguide.com/2008/02/29/drug-coated-stents-could-boost-death-rate-in-heart-attack-patients/ http://blog.cardiologyproductguide.com/2008/02/29/drug-coated-stents-could-boost-death-rate-in-heart-attack-patients/#comments Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:29:07 +0000 admin http://www.cardiologyproductguide.com/blog/2008/02/29/drug-coated-stents-could-boost-death-rate-in-heart-attack-patients/ Drug-coated stents increased the risk of death in certain heart attack patients by nearly five times according to a recent study presented at the meeting of the European Society of Cardiology in Vienna. “Patients are now very wary about these stents,” lead researcher Gabriel Steg said. “Personally, I don’t use these stents in heart attack patients any longer.”

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