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Recommendations issued to reduce incidence of VTE

A group of representatives from federal health agencies and patient groups, as well as experts from the medical and public health communities — convened by the American Society of Hematology — has drafted three recommendations to address the growing problem of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism.

DVT and pulmonary embolism, known collectively as venous thromboembolism (VTE), affect nearly 1 ...
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Calendar
October 16, 2010
Acute Cardiac Care
Copenhagen, Denmark
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September 21, 2010
Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics Conference 2010
Washington, DC, United States of America
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September 12, 2010
14th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Heart Failure Society of America
San Diego, CA United States of America
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ISAR-DESIRE 2: Paclitaxel-, sirolimus-eluting stents comparable for treating in-stent restenosis

Patients who experienced sirolimus-eluting stent restenosis had similar outcomes after treatment with either repeat sirolimus-eluting stent implantation or a switch to paclitaxel-eluting stent, results from the ISAR-DESIRE 2 trial indicated.

Researchers from Munich, Germany enrolled 450 patients with clinically significant in-sirolimus–eluting stent (SES; Cypher, Cordis) restenosis and randomly assigned 225 to SES and 225 to paclitaxel-eluting stent (PES; Taxus, Boston Scientific) implantation. They measured primary endpoints including late lumen loss o...

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