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2. Stent: Purpose, Procedure, and Risks - Healthline

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   A stent is a tiny tube that your doctor can insert into a blocked passageway to keep it open. The stent restores the flow of blood or other fluids, depending on where it’s placed.

3. Recovery Time After A Heart Stent Procedure - Healthline

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   The stent helps open the artery for better blood flow and healthier heart function. Recovering from a heart stent procedure usually requires medication and some lifestyle changes. But a full ...

4. Cardiac Stent: Benefits and How It Works - Healthline

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   A cardiac stent is used to treat narrowed or blocked coronary arteries. It can also be used to improve blood flow immediately following a heart attack. Cardiac stents are expandable coils made of ...

5. What Is a Stent and How Does It Treat Heart Disease? - WebMD

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   3 min read. A stent is a tiny tube that can play a big role in treating your heart disease. It helps keep your arteries -- the blood vessels that carry blood from your heart to other parts of your ...

6. What are the heart blockage treatments without surgery? The ...

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   Coronary blockages can happen even after you have gotten a stent. These are called “restenosis.” Stents hold the artery open, guide more blood flow to the heart muscle, and reduce chest pain.

7. What Are Drug-Eluting Stents? Risks, Benefits and More - WebMD

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   A drug-eluting stent, or DES, is a small, metal mesh tube placed in a blocked coronary artery. The metal is coated in medicine and helps reopen your artery and keep it open. Stents are used to ...

8. Stents and Blood Clots: Procedure, Recovery, Risks, and More

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   Stents are used to keep the artery open. According to the American Heart Association (AHA) , about one-third of people who’ve had angioplasty without a stent see their arteries get narrower ...

9. Types of Stents and Their Uses - WebMD

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   Open narrowed arteries. Reduce symptoms, like chest pain. Help treat a heart attack. These types are called coronary stents. Usually made of metal mesh, they’re put into arteries after a ...