Medicare proposes wider carotid stent coverage
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<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070201/hl_nm/medicare_stents_dc"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/nm/20070202/2007_02_01t204905_450x338_us_medicare_stents.jpg?x=130&y=97&sig=75F.JuBIDN0dYK4qN6Rpgg--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="A coronary stent system is seen in an undated publicity photo from Boston Scientific. U.S. Medicare officials proposed expanding coverage of carotid artery stenting procedures to prevent strokes, the agency said in a statement on Thursday. (Handout/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. Medicare officials proposed
expanding coverage of carotid artery stenting procedures to
prevent strokes, the agency said in a statement on Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/>