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What is Stent placement?

A stent is a small metal coil or tube that is placed in a narrowed artery to hold it open. To place the stent, your healthcare provider first performs angioplasty or atherectomy to compress or cut away plaque build-up in the artery.

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Increased pain, redness, swelling, bleeding, or other drainage from the insertion site. Coolness, numbness or tingling, or other changes in the affected arm or leg. Chest pain or pressure, nausea or vomiting, profuse sweating, dizziness, or fainting.

  • Damage to the artery where the sheath was inserted.
  • Allergic reaction to the contrast agent used during the procedure.
  • Damage to an artery in the heart.
  • Excessive bleeding requiring a blood transfusion.
  • Heart attack, stroke or death.
  • Blockage in a coronary artery during or after a heart attack.
  • Blockage or narrowing of one or more coronary arteries that may lead to poor heart function (heart failure)
  • Narrowings that reduce blood flow and cause persistent chest pain (angina) that medicines do not control.
  • Damage to the artery where the sheath was inserted.
  • Allergic reaction to the contrast agent used during the procedure.
  • Damage to an artery in the heart.
  • Excessive bleeding requiring a blood transfusion.
  • eart attack, stroke or death.

Most stents are coated with medicine to prevent scar tissue from forming inside the stent. These stents are called drug-eluting stents (DES). They release medicine within the blood vessel that slows the overgrowth of tissue within the stent. This helps prevent the blood vessel from becoming narrow again.

How is it diagnosed?

How is it diagnosed?

Coronary stents are now used in nearly all angioplasty procedures. A stent is a tiny, expandable metal mesh coil. It is put into the newly opened area of the artery to help keep the artery from narrowing or closing again. Once the stent has been placed, tissue will start to coat the stent like a layer of skin.

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How is it treated?

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A coronary artery stent is a small, metal mesh tube that is placed inside a coronary artery to help keep the artery open. To place the stent, a small sheath, plastic tube, is placed in the groin or wrist artery. A catheter is guided through the artery into the part of the coronary artery that is blocked.

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