What is a Stent? - American Heart Association
网页2023年3月15日 · A stent is a tiny wire mesh tube that keeps an artery propped open to increase blood flow to the heart. When plaque builds up in a coronary artery (which feeds the heart muscle), it can narrow the artery, which may reduce blood flow to the heart and cause symptoms like chest pain.
Coronary angioplasty and stents - Mayo Clinic
网页2023年11月7日 · Coronary angioplasty treats vessels, called coronary arteries, which deliver blood to heart muscles. A tiny balloon on a narrow tube, called a catheter, is used to widen a clogged artery and improve blood flow. Angioplasty is often followed by the placement of a small wire mesh tube called a stent. The stent helps prop the artery open …
Stents: Types, Uses, Side Effects, and Risks - Verywell Health
网页2023年10月11日 · A stent is a metal or plastic tube inserted into a blocked passageway to keep it open. Since their introduction in the late-1980s, stents have revolutionized the treatment of coronary artery disease and other diseases in which vital vessels or passageways are obstructed.
What Are Stents? - Cleveland Clinic
网页2024年5月5日 · Stent. A stent is a tiny, metal tube that holds your artery open to allow blood to go through better. Your provider can put in a stent after doing an angioplasty, which pushes aside a collection of plaque inside your artery. Stents are permanent and can keep your artery from getting too narrow again.
Stent: Purpose, Procedure, and Risks - Healthline
网页2018年9月29日 · A stent is a tiny tube that your doctor can insert into a blocked passageway to keep it open. The stent restores the flow of blood or other fluids, depending on where it’s placed. Stents are...
Stent placement: Types, procedures, risks, recovery - Medical News Today
网页2023年6月21日 · Stent placement is a procedure that places a small tube or stent inside a blood vessel or passageway in the body in order to keep it open. Stents can allow people to breathe more easily or...
What Is a Stent and How Does It Treat Heart Disease? - WebMD
网页2024年8月4日 · A stent is a tiny tube that can play a big role in treating your heart disease. It helps keep your arteries -- the blood vessels that carry blood from your heart to other parts of your body ...
What is a stent? Uses, risks, and recovery - Medical News Today
网页2019年1月18日 · A stent is a tiny tube that a doctor places in an artery or duct to help keep it open and restore the flow of bodily fluids in the area. Stents help relieve blockages and treat narrow or weakened...
Types of Stents and Their Uses - WebMD
网页2024年8月3日 · Stents are small, expandable tubes that treat narrowed arteries in your body. In people with coronary heart disease caused by the buildup of plaque, they can: Open narrowed arteries. Reduce...
Cardiac Stents: Benefits, Risks and Procedure - HealthCentral
网页2023年7月19日 · A cardiac stent is typically used to help open up a narrowed artery in the heart during a procedure called coronary angioplasty (also called percutaneous coronary intervention).