FDA: Stent patients face blood clot risk
(AP)


<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061205/ap_on_he_me/heart_stents"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20061203/capt.2977349e202d428299264f7b9fb28592.heart_stents_nyr202.jpg?x=130&y=91&sig=yQxTsHDR3hxQuSVDl8iIgg--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="David Reinhart, 41, right, a legal secretary recovering from a blood clot that developed after he received a heart stent, returns to his office after taking a lunchtime walk in Central Park, New York, Thursday Nov. 30, 2006. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)" border="0" /></a>AP - Patients implanted with drug-coated stents to hold open their choked arteries face a small but significant risk of blood clots, health officials said Tuesday. A new study recommended they take clot-busting medications indefinitely.</p><br clear="all"/>