Definition of Stents. Meaning of Stents. Synonyms of Stents

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Definition of Stents

Stent
Stent Stent, v. i. To stint; to stop; to cease. And of this cry they would never stenten. --Chaucer.

Meaning of Stents from wikipedia

- purposes. Coronary stents are commonly used in coronary angioplasty, with drug-eluting stents being the most common type. Vascular stents are used for peripheral...
- and only in the area where the stent is placed. There is a distinction between coronary stents and peripheral stents. While both are used to prevent...
- coronary heart disease. The vast majority of stents used in modern interventional cardiology are drug-eluting stents (DES). They are used in a medical procedure...
- from the kidney. The length of the stents used in adult patients varies between 24 and 30 cm. Additionally, stents come in differing diameters or gauges...
- Look up stent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. A stent is a tube or truss used in medicine to keep an anatomical p****ageway open. Stent may also refer...
- the stent and stent migration.[citation needed] Esophageal stents may also be used to staunch the bleeding of esophageal varices. Esophageal stents are...
- "covered" stents. Nitinol (a shape memory nickel-titanium alloy), polyurethane, and polyethylene are typically used as coatings for SEMS. Covered stents carry...
- of bioresorbable scaffolds or bioabsorbable stents. Like metal stents, placement of a bioresorbable stent will restore blood flow and support the vessel...
- Mark "Spike" Stent (born 3 August 1965) is an English record producer and mixing engineer who has worked with many international artists including Madonna...
- or narrowing, of coronary arteries. Newer drug-eluting stents (DES) are traditional stents with a polymer coating containing drugs that prevent cell...