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Can you have EKG with a stent?
Yes, you can have an EKG (electrocardiogram) after receiving a stent. The presence of a stent does not interfere with the EKG test, which measures the electrical activity of the heart. In fact, EKGs are often used to monitor heart health and assess any issues following stent placement. Always consult with your healthcare provider for personalized advice regarding your heart health and diagnostic tests.
When does someone need heart stents?
The coronary stent is a tube placed in the coronary arteries to keep them open and is a treatment for coronary heart disease. It is an intervention to prevent heart attacks and more damage to the heart.
What is the use of a coronary stent?
To open an artery near the heart
What is a stent in a heart operation?
A metal tube put into a coronary artery to hold it open.
What is a stent in a OM branch of the circumflex coronary artery?
A stent is best described as a tiny metal scaffold that holds open coronary arteries to prevent atherosclerosis and therefore heart attacks (in that artery only). They actually look a little bit like the spring in pens if you take them apart. OM just means (obtuse marginal) branch of the circumflex. The circumflex is a larger artery that wraps around the heart. These are just descriptions of where exactly the stent is placed for future reference.
Where in the body is a cardiac stent placed?
A coronary stent (or cardiac stent) is placed in arteries that supply blood to the heart. The stent is a tube that is designed to keep the arteries open to increase blood flow.
Can you have EKG with a stent?
Yes, you can have an EKG (electrocardiogram) after receiving a stent. The presence of a stent does not interfere with the EKG test, which measures the electrical activity of the heart. In fact, EKGs are often used to monitor heart health and assess any issues following stent placement. Always consult with your healthcare provider for personalized advice regarding your heart health and diagnostic tests.
What describes why a stent is used?
To open an artery near the heart. :)
When does someone need heart stents?
The coronary stent is a tube placed in the coronary arteries to keep them open and is a treatment for coronary heart disease. It is an intervention to prevent heart attacks and more damage to the heart.
Heart stent and using tanning bed use is it safe?
yes
What is a cardiac stents?
A cardiac stent is a small diameter short tube inserted into an artery in the heart so that it forces that part of the artery to stay open. It is used when the arteries become narrow or clogged preventing proper blood flow in the heart.
Difference between stunt and bypass surgery of heart?
A stent is basically a hollow tube : put into an artery to force it to stay open. Bypass surg is just that : a vesicle is sewed in parallel to the blocked one so that blood can "bypass" the narrow area.
What is the use of a coronary stent?
To open an artery near the heart
What is a stent and how is it used?
A stent is what we have in our body that keeps your windpipe stay open but able to bend aswell
How long can a heart stay alive outside the body?
You can't live without a heart.
The meaning of stent?
stent
What does a heart stent do for people who have them?
It is a mesh tube that is put into the heart's artries you can go to this website to learn more http://www.webmd.com/heart-disease/treatment-angioplasty-stents and
