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  2. Percutaneous coronary intervention - Wikipedia

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    Older bare-metal stents (BMS) provide a mechanical framework that holds the artery wall open, preventing stenosis, or narrowing, of coronary arteries. Newer drug-eluting stents (DES) are traditional stents with a polymer coating containing drugs that prevent cell proliferation. The antiproliferative drugs are released slowly over time to help ...

  3. Coronary stent - Wikipedia

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    The catheter/stent system is introduced into the body by penetrating a peripheral artery (an artery located in the arm or leg) and passed through the arterial system to deliver the DES into the blocked coronary artery. The stent is then expanded to dilate (open) blocked or narrowed coronary arteries (narrowed by plaque buildup), caused by a ...

  4. Stent - Wikipedia

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    Vascular stents are commonly used in angioplasty, a surgical procedure that opens blocked arteries and places a stent to keep the artery open. This is a common treatment for heart attacks and is also used in the prevention and treatment of strokes. Over 2 million people receive a stent each year for coronary artery disease alone.

  5. Drug-eluting stent - Wikipedia

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    The catheter/stent system is inserted into the body by piercing a peripheral artery (an artery in the arm or leg) and moved through the arterial system to deliver the DES into the blocked coronary artery. The stent is then expanded to widen (open) blocked or narrowed coronary arteries (narrowed by plaque buildup), caused by a condition called ...

  6. Reperfusion therapy - Wikipedia

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    The angioplasty uses the insertion of a balloon and/or stents to open up the artery. [1] Other surgeries performed are the more invasive bypass surgeries that graft arteries around blockages. If an MI is presented with ECG evidence of an ST elevation known as STEMI, or if a bundle branch block is similarly presented, then reperfusion therapy is ...

  7. Coronary catheterization - Wikipedia

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    When the stent/balloon device is positioned within the stenosis, the balloon is inflated which, in turn, expands the stent and the artery. The balloon is removed and the stent remains in place, supporting the inner artery walls in the more open, dilated position. Current stents generally cost around $1,000 to 3,000 each (US 2004 dollars), the ...

  8. Ray Romano reveals that he had a stent put in his heart: 'I ...

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    Romano revealed that he had "just had to have a stent put in" his heart, because "I had 90% blockage" in "the main artery." He added, "I got kinda lucky that we found it."

  9. Angioplasty - Wikipedia

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    Angioplasty, also known as balloon angioplasty and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), is a minimally invasive endovascular procedure used to widen narrowed or obstructed arteries or veins, typically to treat arterial atherosclerosis. [1]