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WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) -- Hundreds of thousands of Americans may have benefited from drug-eluting stents but new research may throw them a costly curve.
The tiny tubes of metal mesh are used to prop open clogged coronary arteries so the heart can receive enough blood.
New studies indicate patients will have to continue their anti-clotting medications indefinitely, the Washington Post said. Otherwise, they could more than double their risk of a heart attack or death.
Since a year's supply of the clot-busting drug Plavix costs roughly $1,400, the findings could mean a long-term economic burden.
Mounting concern over the safety of drug-eluting stents is the hot topic at a two-day meeting convened by the Federal Drug Administration in Washington.
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