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DewDiligence

12/08/06 2:31 AM

#811 RE: aslan2772 #806

>Dew and others, other than living with chest pain or undergoing TVR/CABG, what are the options for treating ~25% of patients with BMS who will suffer restenosis?<

In some cases, TVR is necessary but, in other cases, drug therapy may be sufficient and less risky (although less profitable to the cardiologist).

>you are assuming that the thrombosis risk with DES will not fall off with time, but this is an unknown.<

I’m merely assuming that thrombosis remains an issue indefinitely—not that the risk is necessarily a constant function with respect to time. Until such time that clinical data can tell me when thrombosis is no longer an issue, I think it’s reasonable to assume that the risk is indefinite.