Increased use of drug-eluting stents, ICDs nets higher costs for patients
Thursday, May 20, 2010 - 16:31
in Health & Medicine
Increased use of drug-eluting stents (DES) and implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) between 2003 and 2006 netted significantly higher costs for coronary artery disease and chronic heart failure patients, researchers said.