Patient-Level VHA Data Show No Association Between Paclitaxel-Coated Devices and Long-Term Mortality
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February 23, 2021 In the first study examining the impact of paclitaxel-coated device (PCD) use on mortality in patients treated within the Veterans Health Administration (VHA), Gutierrez et al found no increased risk of long-term all-cause mortality associated with PCD use. The study was recently published in the
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The rates of 2- and 3-year all-cause mortality were similar between the PCD and non-PCD groups, even when stratified by claudication or critical limb ischemia presentations.
No statistically significant risk in all-cause mortality was seen between the use of PCD and non-PCD devices after adjustment for treatment assignment.
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Demetrios Tsaros has a tough job: investigating reports of potential child neglect or abuse in Manchester for the state’s Division of Children Youth and Families, or DCYF.
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In a bid to strengthen the co-op banks of the state, Uttarakhand Cooperative Minister Dhan Singh Rawat has launched a debt collection campaign for recovering up to Rs 850 crore worth bad loans from the borrowers who have taken from State Cooperative Bank and different District Central Cooperative Banks of the state.
The Minister instructed the representatives of SCBs and DCCBs to recover the bad loans and in this regard several meetings have been conducted. The meeting of top 20 big defaulters with the Minister revealed that defaulters owe over Rs 300 crore.
Tehri Garhwal District Cooperative bank is on top of the list, whose NPA is more than that of other co-op banks. Uttarakhand State Cooperative Minister warned that if the borrowers failed to clear the outstanding dues till 10th March 2021, strict action will be taken against them.