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2. Percutaneous coronary intervention - Wikipedia

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   A coronary stent placed by percutaneous coronary intervention. 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 ...

3. Angioplasty - Wikipedia

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   Bare metal stents were found to cause in-stent restenosis as a result of neointimal hyperplasia and stent thrombosis, which led to the invention of drug-eluting stents with anti-proliferative drugs to combat in-stent restenosis. [1] The first coronary angioplasty with a drug delivery stent system was performed by Stertzer and Luis de la Fuente ...

4. 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 ...

5. 8 Common Cardiovascular Diseases for Men & How to Prevent Them

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   Coronary angioplasty surgery. Stent procedure. Coronary artery bypass surgery. Heart transplant. ... Procedures such as angioplasty or stent placement in the affected vessel. YUMNA JAWAD.

6. Atherosclerosis: What Men Need to Know About Plaque ... - AOL

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   Percutaneous coronary intervention (coronary angioplasty with stent placement): A percutaneous coronary intervention involves opening up a narrowed artery in your heart with a thin tube called a ...

7. Drug-eluting stent - Wikipedia

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   PCI is a minimally invasive procedure. It involves the placement of a drug-eluting stent (DES) in a coronary artery. This procedure, previously known as angioplasty with a stent, is considered non-surgical as it is performed through a small puncture in a peripheral artery, avoiding the need to open the chest wall. While bleeding from the ...

8. 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.

9. History of invasive and interventional cardiology - Wikipedia

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   From the time of the initial percutaneous balloon angioplasty, it was theorized that devices could be placed inside the arteries as scaffolds to keep them open after a successful balloon angioplasty. [14] This did not become a reality in the cardiac realm until the first intracoronary stents were successfully deployed in coronary arteries in 1986.