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March 07, 2005
An alternative to heart bypass surgery
This Washington Post article reports on drug-coated stents, which are allowing an increasing number of people to avoid having heart bypass surgery. The new generation of tiny, drug-coated metal scaffolds prop open arteries and slowly release medication that prevents the arteries from from reclogging. Check it out.
Posted by Tom at March 7, 2005 06:27 AM
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