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  2. 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 ...

  3. Percutaneous coronary intervention - Wikipedia

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    The most serious risks are death, stroke, ventricular fibrillation (non-sustained ventricular tachycardia is common), myocardial infarction (heart attack, MI), and aortic dissection. A heart attack during or shortly after the procedure occurs in 0.3% of cases; this may require emergency coronary artery bypass surgery. [13] Heart muscle injury ...

  4. Reperfusion therapy - Wikipedia

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    Reperfusion therapy is a medical treatment to restore blood flow, either through or around, blocked arteries, typically after a heart attack (myocardial infarction (MI)). Reperfusion therapy includes drugs and surgery. The drugs are thrombolytics and fibrinolytics used in a process called thrombolysis.

  5. Clogged Arteries Can Play a Significant Role in Severe Heart ...

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    The best way to prevent clogged arteries is to maintain a healthy diet and get plenty of exercise, the latter of which keeps the blood flowing at a healthy rate. Still, because arteries sometimes ...

  6. Restenosis - Wikipedia

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    Rates of restenosis differ between devices (e.g., stent-grafts, balloon angioplasty, etc.) and location of procedure (i.e., centrally located in the heart, such as the coronary artery, or in peripheral vessels such as the popliteal artery in the leg, the pudendal artery in the pelvis, or the carotid artery in the neck). [citation needed]

  7. What Is Heart Disease? Everything You Need to Know - AOL

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    A heart attack, or myocardial infarction, occurs when blood flow to the heart is suddenly blocked. This medical emergency is often the result of coronary artery disease.

  8. Management of acute coronary syndrome - Wikipedia

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    Information card published by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute urging people with symptoms of angina to call the emergency medical services.. Because of the relationship between the duration of myocardial ischemia and the extent of damage to heart muscle, public health services encourage people experiencing possible acute coronary syndrome symptoms or those around them to ...

  9. Daughter thought her mom was having a stroke because of ... - AOL

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    Chris Kirmsse's blood pressure was 200/100. Daughter Christine made her go to the ER where Chris learned she had had a heart attack and three blocked arteries.

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