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Early Win for Preemptive Stents on Vulnerable Coronary Plaque

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ATLANTA — The concept of using stents to seal off non-flow-limiting vulnerable plaques, before they have a chance to rupture, worked out in the first major trial testing this provocative idea. Compared with standard medical therapy alone, focal preventive percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) resulted in a large reduction in target vessel failure at 2 years […]

Author : News Health

Publish date : 2024-04-08 21:12:18

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