Stent Implantation Linked to Blood Clot Risk in Black Patients

MONDAY, Aug. 30 (HealthDay News) — Black patients are at increased risk of developing life-threatening blood clots after receiving a drug-coated stent to prop open narrowed arteries, U.S. researchers have found.

The new study included more than 7,200 patients who had stents coated with clot-prevention drugs implanted between mid-2003 and the end of 2008.

The researchers found that black patients were nearly three times more likely to develop a clot compared to patients of other races.

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