However, drug-eluting stents may be associated with delayed (or absent) endothelialization, localized hypersensitivity reactions and late stent thrombosis. Stent thrombosis is a catastrophic event ...

Various approaches to promote endothelialization have been explored ... ECs/EPCs and homing of these cells to the coronary stents. The 6-month angiographic data from the Healing II study have ...

Stent thrombosis is a rare but potentially life threatening complication of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). It develops when a blood clot blocks blood flow through your stent. A coronary ...

This is called jaundice. Jaundice can make you feel unwell. Your doctor may suggest that you have a small tube called a stent put in your bile duct to keep it open. The stent is made of plastic or ...

This is so it does not interfere with the blood pressure response during the actual stent procedure. On the morning of the stent procedure, make sure you take aspirin and other blood thinning ...

The balloon presses the plaque against the walls of the artery. This makes more room for blood to flow. The doctor may also put a stent in your artery. A stent is a small tube that helps keep the ...

A newly FDA- approved stent designed to grow with the child offers a better option.Oct. 17, 2024 ...

The US Food and Drug Administration has approved a heart stent specifically made for infants and young children - a device ...

ANGELA STENT is Professor Emerita at Georgetown University and a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution. From 2004 to 2006, she served as National Intelligence Officer for Russia and ...