Tuesday 30 October 2012

Drug-Eluting Stents Offer Some Benefits Over Bare-Metal Stents In Patients Over 80

Results of the XIMA trial presented at TCT 2012 Rarely tested in patients over the age of 80, a study found that drug-eluting stents exhibited some benefits over bare-metal stents, though both types of stents demonstrated a clinical benefit. Results of the XIMA trial were presented at the 24th annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium. Sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation (CRF), TCT is the world's premier educational meeting specializing in interventional cardiovascular medicine... via Health News from Medical News Today Read More Here..

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