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3. Stent wars at TCT 2012: Drug-eluting stents maintain lead over bare-metal
Next-generation drug-eluting stents continue to maintain a lead over their bare-metal cousins as researchers unveil more studies at this week’s Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics meeting.
2. Weight-loss: Repeat treatments with GI Dynamics’ EndoBarrier may extend benefits
Patients re-implanted with GI Dynamics’ EndoBarrier weight-loss device experience additional weight-loss and extended improvements in body mass levels and health factors associated with diabetes, according to a new study.
1. Could medical device tax repeal ride along on bigger bill?
Although it’s unlikely that the lame-duck U.S. Congress will approve a repeal of the medical device tax this year, but repeal of the 2.3% medtech tax could ride along if key Senate Democrats go along.
