Drug-Eluting Stents For Leg Arteries

Friday, March 20th, 2009

From the wire: Peripheral arterial disease is common in the lower extremities and sometimes leads to severe obstructions known as critical limb ischemia (CLI), a condition in which the decreased blood flow causes pain and skin ulcers. "CLI is today a major health problem, especially in Western societies and is associated ...

New Computer Model Simulates Drug-Eluting Stent Behaviour In Vivo

Tuesday, January 27th, 2009

[caption id="attachment_3999" align="alignleft" width="350" caption="Taken from MIT’s computer-modeling software, this image shows the arterial drug distribution patterns for three different scenarios of drug release in a single stent. Blood flow in this 3-D simulation is from left to right. Red represents the highest concentration of drug release and blue represents ...