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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.

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What is a stent in a heart operation?

A metal tube put into a coronary artery to hold it open.


Can a person with heart problems and stents take aspirin while taking extra strength Tylenol and having stents?

Are aspirin and acetaminophen the same thing


What is the meaning of stets as related to the heart?

It is "Stents" and not stets. Stents are small, metallic, porous cylindrical structures that are placed within a blood vessel to prevent re-narrowing of the blood vessel due to chloesterol deposition. Usually these stents are placed after a "ballon angioplasty", a medical surgery to clean the deposited cholesterol plaques in the blood vessels (coronary arteries), to prevent re-narrowing or furhter deposition of chlolesterol that may block the coronary arteries and may lead to Angina or heart attack. In some cases these stents may also be coated with drugs such stents are called as drug eluting stents.


Can stents cure angina?

Stents do not cure angina; instead, they are used to relieve symptoms associated with coronary artery disease. By opening narrowed or blocked arteries, stents improve blood flow to the heart, which can reduce angina episodes. However, they do not address the underlying causes of heart disease, so ongoing management and lifestyle changes are often necessary.


What is the proper spelling of stents?

Stents.


How are Heart Stents Used?

Heart stents, made of a small mesh tube are used to prevent heart attacks by keeping coronary arteries open. They are often inserted following non-invasive procedures such as angioplasty, which also works to keep blood flowing through arteries. Stents are inserted via a balloon catheter, which guides the stent into place in the narrowed artery. The balloon is deflated and the stent then expands to hold open the artery. Heart tissue heals around the stent over a period of several weeks. Stents sometimes contain medicine to lessen the possibility of reblockage due to plaque.


What does the medical abberviation cabg x 4 2t cad?

This patient has had coronary artery bypass grafting. This is an open heart surgery. In the surgery, the patient got 4 of their heart arteries replaced with stents. Stents help restore blood flow to the heart. This surgery was secondary to coronary artery disease, which is when the arteries of the heart get hardened with plaque.


If medicated stents were placed in heart valve in July and suffered chest pain and tightness could this be from stents?

Probabably not, it may be caused by something else, or something related, but the best thing to do is to check with your doctor.


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


Can you defribrillate with stents?

Oh, dude, defibrillating is like shocking the heart to get it back on track, and stents are those little tubes they put in your arteries to keep them open. So, using stents to defibrillate would be like trying to fix a flat tire with a hairbrush - technically possible, but definitely not recommended. Stick to the paddles for that one, trust me.


If you had heart attacks in September 2005 and February 2007 and have three stents in your arteries should you be concerned if your heart has fluttered when you go to sleep every night for four weeks?

If this is a new symptom for you, you need to go see your cardiologist for a work-up and the sooner the better. Don't wait.


Can you drink a beer seven days after heart stents?

You are fully capable of drinking beer seven days after heart stints. This is most definitely not recommended and the doctor will advise against any sort of alcoholic consumption after heart stints.