Stent
... important decreases in vessel or duct diameter. Stents are often used to diminish pressure differences ... Although perhaps the most popular use of stents is linked to the coronary arteries, they ... is collapsed into a small diameter; current stents are self-expandable or can be dilated using an inflatable balloon. After expansion, stents are affixed to the vessel or duct ... less invasive than conventional surgery. This makes stents suitable for patients with advanced disease ...
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Stent   (translated from German)
... in Tube form from metal or plastic. Stents find use into that Heart wreath/ring ... ptca ) a renewed catch. In that Krebsbehandlung Stents serve for it, by malicious Tumoren caused ... It is problematic with the employment from Stents that they are locked in 20-30 ... fabric (Restenosierung). In order to prevent this, Stents are coated for some time with medicines ... 10 min) to the place of the Stents (Afterloading) to brake cell growth. Since ...
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Coronary catheterization
... small percentage of situations or for research. Stents, specially manufactured expandable stainless steel mesh tubes ... in the more open, dilated position. Current stents generally cost around $1,000 to 3 ... range with the introduction of drug-eluting stents. Sirolimus and tacrolimus are the two drugs ... As opposed to bare metal, drug eluting stents are covered with a medicine that is ...
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Sirolimus
... used in the production of sirolimus-eluting stents used to treat obstructed coronary arteries, as it is believed that sirolimus-eluting stents are less likely to cause intimal hyperplasia than ordinary stents. It is possible that this effect may also be found in other arterial stents. A sirolums-coated coronary stent is marketed ...
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Angioplasty
... clot busting") medication. Traditional ("bare metal") coronary stents provide a mechanical framework that holds the ... in keeping arteries open. Newer drug-eluting stents (DES) are coated with drugs that prevent ... reduced considerably with the use of newer stents coated with certain medicines (drug-eluting stents). The most serious risk is the rare ...
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Charles Stent   (translated from German)
... restricted hollow organs serve. These so-called Stents world-wide within the range of the ... also into restricted tear small channels become Stents different design assigned. In addition developed Charles ...
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Paclitaxel   (translated from German)
... transluminale Koronarangioplastie, PTCA) for the coating of Stents ("drug eluding stents), whereby the risk of a renewed catch ...
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Atheroma
... stenoses and more recently angioplasty, now including stents, most recently drug coated stents, to stretch the stenoses more open. Yet ...
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Paclitaxel
... prevention of restenosis (recurrent narrowing) of coronary stents; locally delivered to the wall of the ... the growth of neointima (scar tissue) within stents (Heldman et al 2001). History The history ...
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Sirolimus   (translated from German)
... one Hyperplasia the containerIntima after implantation one Stents into that Heart wreath/ring containers to ...
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