An intraluminal coronary artery stent is a small, self-expanding,
stainless steel mesh tube that is placed within a coronary artery
to keep the vessel open. It may be used during a coronary artery
bypass graft surgery to keep the grafted vessel open, after balloon
angioplasty to prevent reclosure of the blood vessel, or during
other heart surgeries.
Review Date: 07/05/2006
Reviewed By: Frederic F. Little, M.D., Department of Allergy and
Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine, Boston University School of
Medicine, Boston, MA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare
Network.
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