Coronary stent
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coronary-stent-312-11587230
title:
Coronary stent
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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). They are used in a medical procedure called percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Coronary stents are divided into two broad types: drug-eluting and bare metal stents. As of 2023, drug-eluting stents were used in m
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Medical stent implanted into coronary arteries
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coronary_stent
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2024-03-18T23:15:02Z
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