Vanderbilt uses first FDA-approved stent for heart patients with diabetes
by Kathy Whitney | Posted on Wednesday, Mar. 28, 2012 — 10:41 AM
Vanderbilt Heart recently used a newly approved medical device to open narrowed coronary arteries, even in heart disease patients who also have diabetes.
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