Cypher stent
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cypher-stent-264-16023559
title:
Cypher stent
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Cypher is a brand of drug-eluting coronary stent from Cordis Corporation, a Cardinal Health company. During a balloon angioplasty, the stent is inserted into the artery to provide a "scaffold" to open the artery. An anti-rejection-type medication, sirolimus, helps to limit the overgrowth of normal cells while the artery heals which reduces the chance of re-blockage in the treated area known as restenosis, and reduces the chances that another procedure is required. The Cypher stent was approved f
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Type of drug-eluting stent
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cypher_stent
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2024-03-12T20:25:36Z
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