reclog

Such stents are more likely to let an artery reclog and need another stent later, but have been suspected to be safer, especially in patients who can't afford the anticlotting drug Plavix.

Coated Stents' Market Stabilizes 2008

Boston Scientific proposed-and the FDA okayed-a benchmark in which Liberte could be up to three percentage points worse than Express -- meaning that if 6% of Express patients 'arteries reclog, Boston Scientific would have to prove that Liberte's rate of reclogging was less than 9%.

Boston Scientific Stent Study Flawed 2008

The finding showed that arteries propped open with a stent are more likely to reclog and require another operation than those surgically bypassed with a replacement artery or vein.

Heart Surgery 2008

The devices are tiny metal sleeves implanted to prop open diseased arteries; the drug-coated version minimizes chances that the stent will reclog within a few months, a problem that has required redo procedures for about 15% to 20% of bare-metal ones.

As Stent Sales Stall, Cardiologists Look to Reduce Safety Concerns 2007

This is a breakthrough because, until now, the artery would often reclog as plaque adhered to the stent a process doctors refer to as restenosis.

THRIVING WITH HEART DISEASE Wayne M. Sotile 2003

Somewhere between 30 to 50 percent will reclog within 6 to 9 months.

CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Which Candidate Deserves Florida's 25 Electoral Votes? - November 22, 2000 2000

SHAH: In general, once you put a stent in a native artery there's about a 15 to 30 percent chance that within 6 to 9 months it may reclog.

CNN Transcript - Larry King Live: Which Candidate Deserves Florida's 25 Electoral Votes? - November 22, 2000 2000

With bypass or angioplasty, patients often need another procedure years down the road because arteries often reclog.

KDBC.com 2010

With bypass or angioplasty, patients often need another procedure years down the road because arteries often reclog.

Crain's New York Business - Breaking News Feeds 2010

With bypass or angioplasty, patients often need another procedure years down the road because arteries often reclog.

Durangoherald.com 2010