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Date Submitted:
12/17/07
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New Brain Stent Opens Blocked Arteries
Description:
Stents -- the small mesh tubes that revolutionized heart care -- may offer a new option for thousands of stroke survivors who still have blocked brain arteries despite optimal medical treatment. So suggests a study of 131 stroke survivors implanted with a novel type of stent designed to prop open severely clogged vessels in the brain.
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