In PCI, a catheter is passed usually from the femoral artery in the groin up to the heart and into the small coronary arteries that pass through the heart muscle.

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According to measurements made with a small ultrasound probe snaked into the coronary arteries, Crestor reduced the volume of plaque in the arteries by 6.8%.

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He notes that with the exception of one small study published two weeks ago, the evidence is consistent that Cypher is better at preventing arteries from reclogging.

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Last year, researchers published a study suggesting the device could help prevent small heart attacks that occasionally occur in about 10% of procedures when stents are deployed to prop open diseased coronary arteries.

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