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2. Coronary stent - Wikipedia

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   A coronary stent is a tube-shaped device placed in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart, to keep the arteries open in patients suffering from coronary heart disease. The vast majority of stents used in modern interventional cardiology are drug-eluting stents (DES).

3. Stent - Wikipedia

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   Coronary stents are placed during a coronary angioplasty.The most common use for coronary stents is in the coronary arteries, into which a bare-metal stent, a drug-eluting stent, a bioabsorbable stent, a dual-therapy stent (combination of both drug and bioengineered stent), or occasionally a covered stent is inserted.

4. Ray Romano Reveals He Had an Almost Completely Blocked ... - AOL

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   The actor had a stent put in his heart due to a 90 percent artery blockage. Doctors told Romano he had what could have led to a widowmaker heart attack. "I had to have a stent put in," Romano ...

5. Drug-eluting stent - Wikipedia

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   A drug-eluting stent (DES) is a small mesh tube that is placed in the arteries to keep them open in the treatment of vascular disease.The stent slowly releases a drug to block cell proliferation (a biological process of cell growth and division), thus preventing the arterial narrowing that can occur after stent implantation.

6. Run a marathon. Check. Have a stroke afterward? Not ... - AOL

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   She could have continued on blood thinners for the rest of her life, or she could have a stent put into her artery to secure the blood flow and prevent the plaque from moving from that area.

7. Woman's heart attack began with 1 strange symptom far from ...

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   Caprario had a stent placed in the hospital in May 2024. Doctors opened her blocked artery with a balloon and placed a stent. She then took part in a 12-week cardiac rehab program.

8. 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 ...

9. 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."