Drug-eluting stent
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drug-eluting-stent-165-11768396
title:
Drug-eluting stent
text:
A drug-eluting stent (DES) is a tube made of a mesh-like material used to treat narrowed arteries in medical procedures both mechanically and pharmacologically. A DES is inserted into a narrowed artery using a delivery catheter usually inserted through a larger artery in the groin or wrist. The stent assembly has the DES mechanism attached towards the front of the stent, and usually is composed of the collapsed stent over a collapsed polymeric balloon mechanism, the balloon mechanism is inflated
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Medical implant
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug-eluting_stent
date created:
2006-05-25T07:51:23Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T17:02:57Z
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fields total:
13
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16