Cardiologists’ excitement over an absorbable, dissolvable stent that hit the market last year is fading a bit.
An FDA study shows that patients with it have higher rates of heart attack and thrombosis.
In Healthy Living, we learn how a doctor in Los Angeles is standing by the new technology when it’s used by the right practitioners in the right patients.
In May, Abbott Laboratories restricted use of the absorb stent to clinical use at select sites while it monitors implantation techniques and training.
Some cardiac U.S. facilities have stopped using the stent until more study is done.
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