Older stents may be safer than drug-coated stents and Plavix
The illustration shows the placement of a stent in a coronary artery with
Coronary artery stent
With the coronary artery stent, doctors can widen blood vessels mechanically
Coronary Artery Stents. View image. What are coronary artery stents?
Restenosis of a Stent-Widened Coronary Artery
The balloon is inflated, opening the artery (D). The stent holds the artery
The balloon is inflated, opening the artery (D). The stent holds the artery
How is a Coronary Stent Implanted? Distal Protection
A new generation of stents used to prop open blocked heart arteries slowly
Illustration of coronary artery plaques
In Trial, Drugs Equal Benefits of Artery Stents
This MPR image of a carotid artery stent shows narrowing at the proximal end
The wire releases radiation and stops cells around the stent from growing
The illustration shows the process of carotid artery stenting.
to the narrowed carotid artery in the neck. A metal mesh tube (stent) is
A rendering of what an Abbott heart stent would look like inside an artery.
B: the stent reinforces the artery walls
of the arteries in the brain. Illustration of the stenting procedure
Boston ScientificStents, which are inserted into heart arteries to keep them
