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- verb transitive and intransitive To
clog again
Etymologies
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Examples
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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.
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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%.
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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
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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
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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
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Somewhere between 30 to 50 percent will reclog within 6 to 9 months.
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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.
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With bypass or angioplasty, patients often need another procedure years down the road because arteries often reclog.
KDBC.com 2010
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With bypass or angioplasty, patients often need another procedure years down the road because arteries often reclog.
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With bypass or angioplasty, patients often need another procedure years down the road because arteries often reclog.
Durangoherald.com 2010
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