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Cerebral embolic protection and carotid stent systems
03-26-2007 · EurekAlert!High-risk surgical patients in community hospital settings can safely benefit from the use of new embolus-removing and stent-inserting systems, according to a study presented today at the American College of Cardiology's Innovation in Intervention: i2 Summit. The use of these systems to treat carotid artery blockage has only been studied in limited clinical trials, prior to FDA approval, in the pivotal SECuRITY study (2004).
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