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| | Stent |
 | | The experience with drugeluting stents may change the technique of stenting, but one goal that will not change and will become even more important is the reliable delivery of the stent to the lesion. | | | Radiation therapy to the stent area is also being used to prevent this scarring but there is concern that the radiation may lead to subsequent sarcomas in the coronary artery or myocardium, coronary arterial aneurysms, or early rethrombosis. | | | The wide acceptance of coronary stenting was based on the results of the BElgian NEtherlands STENT (BENESTENT) (1) and the STent REStenosis Study (STRESS) (2) trials and was facilitated by the elimination of anticoagulant therapy after stent implantation. |
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http://www.rjmatthewsmd.com/Definitions/stent.htm
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| | Ureteric Stent |
| | Stents can cause discomfort or pain, commonly in the bladder and kidney (loin) area, but sometimes in other areas such as the groin, urethra and genitals. | | | If you have a stent with a thread coming outside the body through the urethra, sexual activities may be difficult. | | | The stents are flexible enough to withstand various body movements. |
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http://www.bui.ac.uk/patientinformation/uretericstent/ureteric.htm
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| | eMedicine - Laryngeal and Tracheal Stents : Article by John E McClay, MD |
| | The decision to use a laryngeal or tracheal stent and the type of stent used is based on the experience and knowledge of the surgeon or physician. | | | The stent has been used in primary tracheomalacia or bronchomalacia, external compression of the trachea or bronchi, or collapse of the trachea or bronchi from previous surgery. | | | The first reason to use stents in cases of LTS is to support the larynx, typically with some form of autologous cartilage, after a reconstructive technique has been performed. |
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http://www.emedicine.com/ent/topic593.htm
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| | USATODAY.com - A new stent for angioplasty |
| | Cypher uses the anti-organ-rejection drug Sirolimus; Taxus uses the anti-cancer drug Paclitaxel. | | | What doctors can't say is whether angioplasty and a drug-coated stent work as effectively and lasts as long as bypass surgery. | | | Cardiologists say that only about 5% of patients who get drug-coated stent need repeat procedures, about the same as the one-year failure rate for bypass surgery. |
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http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2004-03-03-stent-usat_x.htm
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| | Coronary Stent Implantation |
| | A small incision is made in the skin, and a needle is used to puncture the artery. | | | If a clot does form on the stent despite all efforts to prevent it, doctors may treat the problem with a repeat angioplasty. | | | This is a good time to ask questions and, most importantly, to share any feelings or concerns you may have about angioplasty and stents. |
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http://www.fciheart.com/stent.htm
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| | Drug Eluting Stent -- Angioplasty.org |
| | The concept of the stent grew directly out of interventional cardiologists' experience with angioplasty balloons in the first decade of use (1977-87). | | | Upon further study, it seemed that the incidence of thrombosis was no greater than that with bare metal stents. | | | For a discussion of the impact of drug-eluting stents on patient care, read our exclusive interview with leading interventional cardiologist Gregg W. Stone, MD, of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York. |
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http://www.ptca.org/articles/des1.html
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| | Vascular Stent |
| | The stent could be use in variety of situation due to its flexible nature. | | | Currently available stents are made from medical grade stainless steel or a special alloy called Nitinol. | | | Currently there are more then a dozen vascular stents available at the discretion of the treating Endovascular surgeon to meet various needs. |
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http://www.endovascularone.com/vs.htm
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| | FDA Heart Health Online - Stent |
| | What is a stent - When is it used - How does it work - What will it accomplish - What are the risks - When should it not be used - Recently approved stents - Search all stents - Links | | | Other rare complications of coronary stents include chest pain, heart attack, or tearing of the blood vessel. | | | Your doctor can tell you more about the risks associated with stents and drug-eluting stents. |
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http://www.fda.gov/hearthealth/treatments/medicaldevices/stent.html
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| | CYPHER(R) Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent Benefits From Clinical Success, Worldwide Growth in 2005 |
| | This study was one of many clinical successes in 2005 for the CYPHER(R) Stent. | | | Finally, a cost-effectiveness analysis of the ARTS I and II trials demonstrated that treatment with the CYPHER(R) Stent offers potential cost-savings over bypass surgery, a finding that supports the use of drug-eluting stents in treating certain complex patient cases that would have otherwise been directed to surgery. | | | It is supported by a robust clinical trial program that includes more than 40 studies, inclusive of independent clinical trials, that examine the performance of the stent in vessels of varying complexity. |
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http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/12-21-2005/0004237903&EDATE=
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| | Stent Procedure |
| | The stent stays in the artery permanently, holds it open, improves blood flow to the heart muscle and relieves symptoms (usually chest pain). | | | These newer drug eluting stents have shown promise for improving the long-term success of this procedure. | | | See the Related Items box above for links to the Cardiology Patient Page in Circulation, Journal of the American Heart Association: |
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http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4721
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| | MLH - Health & Wellness |
| | Long-term benefits using this type of stent looks promising, though since it is a new therapy, safety monitoring in a larger group of patients will continue. | | | Always inform new doctors or other medical personnel that you have a coronary stent in place. | | | Your artery should be considerably more open, allowing better blood flow to feed the heart muscle. |
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http://healthlibrary.epnet.com/GetContent.aspx?deliverycontext=&touchurl=&CallbackURL=&token=94e729bf-2a24-406f-8083-f1484720ce65&docid=/dsp/stent
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Stent |
| | The safety and effectiveness of a drug-eluting stent have not been studied in patients who have a blockage in a heart bypass graft, who are actually having a heart attack, or who had previous intravascular radiation treatment. | | | Allergic reaction to stainless steel or other stent material | | | The implantation of a stent for the treatment of coronary artery disease is a common procedure. |
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http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002303.htm
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| | Stent - Welcome |
| | What makes Stent unique are our less obvious hidden strengths. | | | Our customers can take for granted strengths such as the skills, experience, plant and equipment that lead to the high quality of our finished work. | | | These enable us to work alongside our clients, applying specialist knowledge and experience to understand and overcome the geotechnical challenges faced by project managers and consultants from the everyday to the bizarre! |
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http://www.stent.co.uk
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| | Angioplasty, Stents, Coronary Artery Disease -- Angioplasty.Org |
| | Touted as the answer to restenosis, these devices have been described as revolutionary, having the potential to vastly improve the outcomes of interventional procedures. | | | Our mission: provide substantive support; present the latest news on ground-breaking treatments and technologies; be a forum for discussion of controversial issues in medical innovation. | | | angioplasty, ptca, drug eluting stents, charisma study, starclose, femstop, werner forssmann, andreas gruentzig, angioseal, charles dotter, plavix, aspirin, liberte, carotid stenting, taxus |
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http://www.ptca.org/home.html
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| | Stent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | One of the weak points of vascular stents, however, is the development of a thick smooth muscle tissue inside the lumen, the so-called neointima. | | | The word 'stent' has erroneously been linked to the English dentist Charles Iversen Stent (1845–1901), who was however responsible for a number of other innovations in medical treatment. | | | This makes stents suitable for patients with advanced disease or those for whom otherwise the risk of major surgery is high. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stent
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| | Dolmatch, Stent-Grafts : Thieme Medical Publishers |
| | The book takes the reader through the development of stents and stent-grafts, and then explores each clinical area where stent-grafts are being used. | | | You'll find thorough coverage of essential topics like design differences in stent grafts, synthetic stent-graft materials, and healing in response to stent-grafts. | | | The book also includes insightful analysis of surgical versus stent-graft treatments of abdominal aortic aneurysms, anesthesia consideratons, and new areas of use such as coronary artery stent-grafts and AV shunt stent-grafts. |
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http://www.thieme.com/SID2032351586509/productsubpages/pubid2142165057.html
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| | CYPHER Stent: A Remarkable Advance in Coronary Care |
| | If chest pain occurs after receiving a stent, see a doctor. | | | Reducing the need for another procedure in the treated area | | | The CYPHER® Stent also carries the risks associated with the drug sirolimus. |
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http://www.cypherusa.com
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| | Stenting - Page 1 - HeartCenterOnline: |
| | People receiving stents are strongly encouraged to learn and practice healthy lifestyle behaviors for good heart health. | | | Coronary artery stents have made it possible for physicians to treat diseased coronary arteries with less trauma to the patient than | | | As a result of advancing stent design, more patients with more complex disease are candidates for stenting, which reduces the number of surgeries. |
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http://heart.healthcentersonline.com/stent/stenting.cfm
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| | Stent Heart Center - Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center |
| | A stent can keep "tube-shaped" structures such as blood vessels open after a surgical procedure. | | | The stent is becoming the mainstay of interventional treatments. | | | is often selected to test new technology, such as more flexible stent models, giving our patients access to the latest treatments. |
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http://www1.wfubmc.edu/heart/stent.html
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| | CYPHER® Sirolimus-eluting Coronary Stent |
| | Clinical evidence and experience with more than 50,000 patients treated to date in nearly 60 countries, suggests that the CYPHER® Stent represents the beginning of a new era in interventional cardiology -- an era in which the combination of drugs and devices substantially improves patient outcomes. | | | The stent's treatment process, or mechanism of action, is controlled by a polymer coating that gradually releases the drug sirolimus into the vessel lining to prevent scar tissue growth, a frequent reaction that leads to reblockage following current treatment procedures. | | | The outstanding results were achieved in a broad range of patients, including those with complex lesions and at high risk for reblockage. |
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http://www.jnj.com/innovations/new_features/cypher_stent.htm
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| | TCTMD Drug Eluting Stent Center |
| | Guidant Completes Enrollment in Randomized U.S. Portion of Drug Eluting Stent Pivotal Trial | | | Abbott Reports Positive Results From First Human Clinical Trial Featuring ZoMaxx(TM) Drug-Eluting Coronary Stent | | | JAMA Article Says TAXUS(R) Stents Superior to Brachytherapy in the Treatment of In-Stent Restenosis |
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http://www.tctmd.com/csportal/appmanager/tctmd/descoe?_nfpb=true&_pageLabel=DESCenterHome&embeddingcontentid=712013
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| | Cordis Introduces HEPACOAT™ on the Bx VELOCITY® Coronary Stent for Larger Vessels |
| | Jordan emphasized that the closed-cell design of the Bx VELOCITY® Stent's structure has yielded exceptional clinical outcomes and HEPACOAT™ on the Bx VELOCITY® Stent has been shown to reduce platelet deposition by greater than 90 percent when compared with uncoated stents in non-human studies. | | | "The availability of the larger stent diameters means that physicians can treat patients with small, medium or large vessels using this heparin-coated stent," added Jordan. | | | The system is indicated for improving coronary luminal diameter in patients with symptomatic ischemic heart disease due to untreated coronary artery lesions (de novo lesions) and restenotic lesions in native coronary arteries. |
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http://www.jnj.com/news/jnj_news/20020422_1004.htm
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| | Stent |
| | Newer stents are coated with a medication to more effectively prevent restenosis. | | | A stent can help prevent the lining of the artery from tearing or rupturing, which can lead to a stroke. | | | A stent is used to open a narrowed or clotted blood vessel, most often an artery in the heart. |
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http://www.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/sts15241.asp?navbar=tx4303
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| | The New York Times > Washington > F.D.A. Seeks Reports of Stent Problems |
| | Some leading cardiologists, on the other hand, said they were unaware of any reason for concern with the new stent. | | | Ordinarily with stents, a third or more of the patients will develop scar tissue around the stent, obstructing the artery. | | | The great appeal of the new stents is that they overcome a nagging problem. |
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http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/23/politics/23HEAR.html?ex=1398139200&en=766dd94ea7940050&ei=5007&partner=USERLAND
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| | Cordis Corporation Issues a Health Care Professional Letter Regarding the CYPHER Stent |
| | This letter also provides clarification on the safe use of the product in accordance with the scientific evidence that led to product approval. | | | From the reports received so far, it is unclear what effect the CYPHER stent has on thrombosis risk and what factors may contribute to the risk. | | | Until more is known about the situation, FDA fully supports Cordis’ recommendations to health care professionals which may help reduce the incidence of adverse events. |
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http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2003/NEW00919.html
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| | Stent Center - HeartCenterOnline: |
| | Take one of our quizzes to test your health knowledge and learn something new: | | | A stent is a wire mesh tube that is inserted into an artery that has been opened using a procedure such as balloon angioplasty or atherectomy. | | | Intravascular radiotherapy (IVR) involves using a burst of radiation to further reduce restenosis risk. |
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http://heart.healthcentersonline.com/stent
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| | Stent |
| | The design and construction solution also overcame anticipated problems with a band of claystones and was guided through Building Control approvals by Stent with very short lead-in periods. | | | By involving its engineers at the early planning stage and maintaining a wide range of plant and equipment it has proven its ability to work on some of the country's most technically challenging foundation projects. | | | A critical part of the foundation support work was the pile caps (ground anchors) situated around the edge of the stadium. |
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http://www.balfourbeatty.com/bbeatty/businesses/engineering/stent
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| | Technorati Tag: stent |
| | A tag is like a subject or category. | | | Separate tags with "OR" to search multiple subjects. | | | I am in the last stage of my heart disease. |
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http://www.technorati.com/tag/stent
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| | Products & Technology |
| | The Crown stent retained the high radial strength of the original Palmaz-Schatz stent, yet was significantly easier to insert into a patient due to the improved design and increased flexibility. | | | The result of these development efforts was the Cordis Corporation’s Crown™ stent. | | | DEKA worked with Johnson and Johnson and later Cordis Corporation, a Johnson and Johnson Company, to improve the design of the Palmaz-Schartz™ stent, the first intravascular stent proven to reduce blockage in arteries. |
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http://www.dekaresearch.com/jjCordis.html
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| | MULTI-LINK ZETA® Coronary Stent System |
| | The MULTI-LINK ZETA® Coronary Stent System utilizes the same clinically proven implant as the MULTI-LINK PENTA® Coronary Stent System, maintaining the benefits of a 17.5% binary restenosis rate. | | | Neither party is responsible for the content that is owned and managed by the other. | | | And, the new soft and flexible QUICKTRACK™ ST Balloon, with its short tapers and low stent-to-shoulder, is designed to offer enhanced deliverability and minimal vessel injury. |
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http://www.guidant.com/products/ProductTemplates/VI/US_ZETA.shtml
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