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stent
Medicine a tube of plastic or sprung metal mesh placed inside a hollow tube to reopen it or keep it open; uses in surgery include preventing a blood vessel from closing, esp after angioplasty, and assisting healing after an anastomosis


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The 74th issue of prestigious international journal Catheterization and Cardiovascular Interventions published an article of Sahajanand Medical Technologies PAINT (PercutAneous INTervention) Trial - A randomized evaluation of two drug-eluting stents with identical metallic platform and biodegradable polymer but different agents (Paclitaxel or Sirolimus) compared against Bare stents 1-year result.
Byline: ANI London, May 7 (ANI): A study suggests that the use of drug-eluting stents on heart attack patients undergoing angioplasty is more effective and as safe as that of bare-metal stents.
A 3-year Canadian study suggests that medicated stents are associated with long-term adverse events.
 
 
 
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