This interactive animation describes about "coronary stent procedure" made by scientific animations. Stents are small expandable tubes used to treat weakened or narrowed arteries in the body. Coronary ...

Former President Bill Clinton was admitted to the hospital on Thursday for a stent procedure after reporting chest pains. See a computer animation showing how angioplasty and stents work to open ...

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 made of ...

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 ...

Sirolimus analogues act through the same pathway as sirolimus. The restenosis casade that is initiated after stent implantation is shown in red. The mechanism of action of sirolimus (and analogues) is ...

Next-generation vascular stents can make cardiovascular therapies minimally invasive and vascular treatments safe and less burdensome. In a new advancement, researchers from Japan and China have ...

A drug-eluting stent, or DES, is a small, metal mesh tube placed in a blocked coronary artery. The metal is coated in medicine and helps reopen your artery and keep it open. ‌ Stents are used to treat ...

Available platforms are made of stainless steel, cobalt–chrome, or platinum–chrome. Cobalt–chrome alloys provide improved radial strength and increased radiopacity, as compared with stainless steel, ...

Over the past two decades, stents have revolutionized the treatment of cardiovascular diseases, particularly coronary artery and valvular heart disease. In this Review, we evaluate the clinical ...