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2. 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 ...

3. 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).

4. 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 ...

5. Medtronic Upbeat on Drug-Eluting Stents in Patients With DAPT

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6. FDA Approves Abbott's Next-Generation Stent - AOL

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   Abbott Labs announced in a press release late last week that the Food and Drug Administration has approved the company's next-generation Xience Xpedition drug-eluting coronary stent. The company ...

7. 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. [1]