: a short narrow metal or plastic tube often in the form of a mesh that is inserted into the lumen of an anatomical vessel (such as an artery or a bile duct) especially to keep a previously blocked passageway open
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Only interventional cardiologists can insert a stent into a coronary artery and stop a heart attack.
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Zoe Adams and Asher Levinthal, STAT, 21 June 2024
This complicates the doctor’s ability to either access the blockage for treatment at all or, if a stent can be placed, it may not be fully opened, which can limit the stent’s performance to keep the vessel open.
—Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
Doctors tried to use lifestyle changes and statins to reverse the plaque buildup but finally resorted to surgery, opening three of Nicholls’ arteries with stents.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 18 June 2024
The sultry crooner, whose medical history includes cardiac disease, a defibrillator, and stents, was transported to the emergency room in an ambulance in April of 2023 after presenting with difficulty breathing and chest pain and placed on oxygen.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 18 June 2024
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Zoe Adams and Asher Levinthal, STAT, 21 June 2024
This complicates the doctor’s ability to either access the blockage for treatment at all or, if a stent can be placed, it may not be fully opened, which can limit the stent’s performance to keep the vessel open.
—Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
Doctors tried to use lifestyle changes and statins to reverse the plaque buildup but finally resorted to surgery, opening three of Nicholls’ arteries with stents.
—Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 18 June 2024
The sultry crooner, whose medical history includes cardiac disease, a defibrillator, and stents, was transported to the emergency room in an ambulance in April of 2023 after presenting with difficulty breathing and chest pain and placed on oxygen.
—Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 18 June 2024
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“Stent.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stent. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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stent
noun
variants
also stint
1
: a mold formed from a resinous compound and used for holding a surgical graft in place
also
: something (as a pad of gauze immobilized by sutures) used like a stent
2
: a short narrow metal or plastic tube often in the form of a mesh that is inserted into the lumen of an anatomical vessel (as an artery or bile duct) especially to keep a previously blocked passageway open
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