Coronary Artery Stent
Health Encyclopedia: Stent
A stent is a tiny metal or plastic tube. A stent is placed into an artery, blood vessel, or other duct (such as one that carries urine) to hold the structure open.
Alternative Names
Drug-eluting stents
Description
Stents are most often used to treat conditions that result when arteries narrow or become blocked. They are also used to unblock and keep open other tube-shaped structures in the body, including the ureters (the tubes that drain urine from the kid...
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Expert & Community Posts
“Stent Wars": Everything You Need to Know About Stents
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...instruments. In the early days of intervention on coronary arteries, we used balloons to open... Read more »
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Blocked Arteries and Low Cholesterol: Now What?
By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert...causes damage the heart muscle rather than to the coronary arteries. Cocaine use, due to its... Read more »
Health Guide
Heart Attack Patient Guide, Part I: Symptoms
...does not supply oxygen to the heart muscle. Special blood vessels on the outside of the heart, called coronary arteries, feed the heart muscle. Three major vessels and many smaller vessels do this... Read more »Causes of Cardiac Enlargement
...and sedentary – includes the use of medications, lifestyle changes, angioplasty with or without coronary artery stenting, or bypass surgery. In situations of either dilation or hypertrophy,... Read more »Coronary Artery Disease: Surgery
...CABG).Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (commonly called angioplasty or PTCA), usually with coronary artery stent placement. Click the icon to see an image about bypass grafting. ... Read more »Cardiac Catheterization: A Patient Guide
What is cardiac catheterization? A diagnostic procedure performed to detect problems with the heart and its blood supply a catheter is inserted into the body through an artery or vein. A catheter is... Read more »Coronary Artery Disease: Angioplasty and Stents
Angioplasty and StentsPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), usually simply called angioplasty, involves opening the blocked artery. Click the icon to see an animation about... Read more »Images
Coronary artery stent images. See images of a coronary artery stent.... Read more »
Related News
FDA approves new drug-coated stent
October 03, 2008The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved the Xience drug-coated stent for people with coronary artery disease. The Xience stent is an... Read summary »
Heart Attack Warning for Pregnant Women
July 17, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) Young pregnant women having heart attacks may be rare but it's not impossible, especially for those already in high-risk... Read summary »
What Links Coronary Artery Disease and Depression?
August 18, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) A new study examines how major depression and coronary artery disease interact over time. "While an association between major... Read summary »
Study: Save Limbs With Stents
March 30, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Interventional radiologists are revealing new information about the use of drug-eluting stents used to treat critical limb... Read summary »
Seeing Arteries in 3D
November 26, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New technology is giving doctors a dramatic look into patients' coronary arteries. Using a new optical imaging technique called... Read summary »
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