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A stent is a small mesh tube that’s used to treat narrowed or weakened arteries in the body.

You may have a stent placed in an artery as part of a procedure called angioplasty (AN-jee-oh-plas-tee). Angioplasty can restore blood flow through narrowed or blocked arteries. Stents help prevent arteries from becoming narrowed or blocked again in the months or years after treatment with angioplasty. You may also have a stent placed in a weakened artery to improve blood flow and to help prevent the artery from bursting.

Stents are usually made of metal mesh, but sometimes they’re made of fabric. Fabric stents, also called stent grafts, are used in larger arteries. Some stents are coated with medicines that are slowly and continuously released into the artery. These medicines help prevent the artery from becoming blocked again.
New procedure for eliminating reblockage of arteries

New procedure for eliminating reblockage of arteries

Saving heart attack patients in the middle of the night

Saving heart attack patients in the middle of the night

History of major depression increases risk for heart disease more than genetics or environment

History of major depression increases risk for heart disease more than genetics or environment

Best course of treatment to reduce risk of secondary stroke

Best course of treatment to reduce risk of secondary stroke

Certain combined medications after heart attack may increase risk of death

Certain combined medications after heart attack may increase risk of death

Boston Scientific launches Taxus Liberte drug-eluting stent in Japan

Boston Scientific launches Taxus Liberte drug-eluting stent in Japan

Stenting not necessary in late treatment of heart attacks

Stenting not necessary in late treatment of heart attacks

Noninvasive screening test may detect narrowing in intracranial stents

Noninvasive screening test may detect narrowing in intracranial stents

New heart valve inserted through small chest incision

New heart valve inserted through small chest incision

When it comes to treating heart attacks, experience matters

When it comes to treating heart attacks, experience matters

Top hospitals have 27 percent lower mortality: Annual HealthGrades study

Top hospitals have 27 percent lower mortality: Annual HealthGrades study

Drug-coated stents less risky for heart bypass patients

Drug-coated stents less risky for heart bypass patients

Stents can be placed in the brain to treat a stroke as it's occurring

Stents can be placed in the brain to treat a stroke as it's occurring

New scan shows bleeding inside heart after heart attack

New scan shows bleeding inside heart after heart attack

New diagnostic tool to measure blood flow could prevent needless stents

New diagnostic tool to measure blood flow could prevent needless stents

Invatec launches drug-eluting balloon to treat atherosclerosis below the knee

Invatec launches drug-eluting balloon to treat atherosclerosis below the knee

FDA to review prasugrel for acute coronary syndromes

FDA to review prasugrel for acute coronary syndromes

Drug eluting stents provide better outcomes that bare metal stents in angioplasty

Drug eluting stents provide better outcomes that bare metal stents in angioplasty

Cardiac stent patients with diabetes may benefit from drug that counteracts the effects of leptin

Cardiac stent patients with diabetes may benefit from drug that counteracts the effects of leptin

Abbott starts trial of 2.25 mm stent system

Abbott starts trial of 2.25 mm stent system

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