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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. 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. 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.

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

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   Heart attacks are medical emergencies that require immediate medical attention, although some heart attacks can be “silent” and go undetected. ... Procedures such as angioplasty or stent ...

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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   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.

8. History of invasive and interventional cardiology - Wikipedia

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   Stent technology improved rapidly, and in 1989 the Palmaz-Schatz balloon-expandable intracoronary stent was developed. [24] [25] Initial results with the Palmaz-Schatz stents were excellent when compared to balloon angioplasty, with a significantly lower incidence of abrupt closure and peri-procedure heart attack. [26]

9. Angioplasty - Wikipedia

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   A coronary angioplasty is a therapeutic procedure to treat the stenotic (narrowed) coronary arteries of the heart found in coronary heart disease. [1] These stenotic segments of the coronary arteries arise due to the buildup of cholesterol-laden plaques that form in a condition known as atherosclerosis. [3]