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coronary artery stent, coronary artery balloon angioplasty, a stent is any material that is used, hold tissue in place, a stent, support tissues healing takes place, is commonly, treat conditions that result, arteries narrow, become blocked, a stent, keep tube-shaped structures blood vessels, ureters, tubes that drain the kidney, open after a surgical procedure, implantation of a stent, the treatment of coronary artery disease, common procedure, an intraluminal coronary artery stent, self-expanding, metal mesh tube that, a coronary artery to keep the vessel open, coronary artery bypass graft surgery to keep the grafted vessel open, after balloon angioplasty, prevent reclosure, the blood vessel, heart surgeries, a drug-eluting stent, tiny mesh tube coated, sirolimus, paclitaxel, prevent re-blockage, the coronary arteries, restenosis, stent is approved, angioplasty, left permanently, in the artery, slowly releases a drug that prevents the build-up of tissue that leads to restenosis, many uses, stents, a few, creating an av fistula, a procedure, creates access, blood, hemodialysis, reattaching the intestines after a temporary colostomy, keeping the ureters open after surgery, repair a blocked ureter, coronary atherosclerotic disease, preventing reblockage of arteries after angioplasty, in-stent restenosis, risk is higher in patients receiving non-drug-eluting stents, blood clot, allergic reaction to stainless steel, stent material, allergic reaction, drug used, drug-eluting stent, drug-eluting stents, not be advised, patients who had recent heart surgery, nursing, pregnant, patients who receive a drug-eluting stent, need anti-platelet drugs, at least several months, safety, effectiveness of a drug-eluting stent, studied in patients who have a blockage, heart bypass graft, actually having a heart attack, or who had previous intravascular radiation treatment, winslow rd, sharma sk, kim mc, restenosis, drug-eluting stents, mt sinai j med, 2005 mar, 72(2), 81-9, moreno r, fernandez c, hernandez r, alfonso f, angiolillo dj, sabate m, et, al, drug-eluting stent thrombosis, a pooled analysis, 10 randomized studies, j am coll cardiol, 2005 mar 15, 45(6), 954-9.