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04-28-08, 09:53 AM
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Scanner to Find Fatty Deposits in Vessels Is Approved
Federal regulators have approved the sale of a new laser scanning system intended to locate fatty deposits in blood vessel walls that are thought to cause heart attacks.
The maker, InfraRdDx, a privately held company based in Burlington, Mass., said Friday that it expected the system to help doctors avoid placing coronary stents in vessels in ways that might raise the risk of a heart attack. Stents are metal mesh scaffolds that prop open arteries after angioplasty, the procedure in which tiny balloons are inflated inside blood vessels to clear blockages. Full Story: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/26/bu...rssnyt&emc=rss 
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