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2. Coronary stent - Wikipedia

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   Various techniques of pain management and anesthesia are practiced during current PCI stent placement procedures. [7] 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.

3. Percutaneous coronary intervention - Wikipedia

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   Further diagnostic coronary angiography is not routinely indicated after coronary stent implantation. If progression of heart disease is suspected, a stress test will be performed; patients who develop symptoms or show evidence of ischemia in a stress test may undergo diagnostic cardiac re-catheterization. [35]

4. Restenosis - Wikipedia

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   Symptoms may also suggest or signal restenosis, but this should be confirmed by imaging. For instance, a coronary stent patient who develops restenosis may experience recurrent chest pain or have a minor or major heart attack (myocardial infarction), though they may not report it. This is why it is important that a patient comply with follow-up ...

5. Stent - Wikipedia

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   A stent graft or covered stent is type of vascular stent with a fabric coating that creates a contained tube but is expandable like a bare metal stent. Covered stents are used in endovascular surgical procedures such as endovascular aneurysm repair. Stent grafts are also used to treat stenoses in vascular grafts and fistulas used for hemodialysis.

6. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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   The symptoms of HCM include shortness of breath due to stiffening and decreased blood filling of the ventricles, exertional chest pain (sometimes known as angina) due to reduced blood flow to the coronary arteries, uncomfortable awareness of the heart beat (palpitations), as well as disruption of the electrical system running through the ...

7. Wellness Wednesdays: Signs and symptoms of heart failure - AOL

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8. Post-thrombotic syndrome - Wikipedia

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   Signs and symptoms of PTS in the leg may include: [1] pain (aching or cramping) heaviness; itching or tingling; swelling (edema) varicose veins; brownish or reddish skin discoloration; ulcer; These signs and symptoms may vary among patients and over time. With PTS, these symptoms typically are worse after walking or standing for long periods of ...

9. Are you neglecting your 'second heart'? 1 step to ... - AOL

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   Losing the calf muscle pump function can lead to symptoms of chronic vein disease, such as swelling, leg tiredness and varicose veins. The worst medical complication could be a blood clot, which ...