Several types of stents are available for different indications. They are primarily used to keep narrowed blood vessels open and patent, to allow adequate flow of blood or bodily fluid. Some of ...

These types are called coronary stents. Usually made of metal mesh, they’re put into arteries after a procedure to expand the artery called a percutaneous coronary intervention or, its more ...

Doctors say this new type of heart stent works like dissolving stitches, slowly going away after it has done its job. The stents passed its first major test in a large study. (Weinberg-Clark ...

Sacramento surgeon Dr. Inder Singh is helping treat peripheral artery disease with newly FDA-approved removable stents.

Miami Beach, FL--A new study comparing the outcomes of different types of stents used to treat cerebral aneurysms shows that the type of stent used affects a patient's immediate and long-term ...

The mesh tubes are usually uncovered. This trial is comparing standard uncovered stents with covered stents. Both types of stent are made of wire mesh but the covered stents have a fabric coating.

What Is the Difference Between Drug-Eluting Stents and Bare Metal Stents? There are two main types of coronary artery stents: bare-metal stents and drug-eluting stents. As the name suggests ...

The prices of 22 types of stents or rings used in the treatment of heart disease in Bangladesh have been reduced. The new price list set by the Directorate General of Drug Administration has set ...

A stent thrombosis is a blood clot that forms within a coronary stent. It can be a complication of stent placement to open a narrowed artery. A coronary stent is a mesh tube that opens a narrowed ...