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To: JDN who wrote (84981)	11/22/2000 1:41:57 PM
From: FastC6	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769667

Stents are placed in the artery to expand and help keep them open....it is a minor surgical procedure. They are very effective. Btw, JNJ makes a great one. . .

To: JDN who wrote (84981)	11/22/2000 1:47:30 PM
From: md1derful	Respond to of 769667

Hmm..hope I havent' spread a rumor..I thought this was a coronary artery stent...only hearsay at this point...may have misinterpreted...so sorry doc

To: JDN who wrote (84981)	11/22/2000 2:15:11 PM
From: Lazarus_Long	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769667

A stent is a small stainless steel coil. A catheter (a small plastic hollow tube) is inserted through a small incision in the femoral artery in the groin, snaked into the aorta, and then into the blocked coronary artery. A small ballon is pushed through the catheter and inflated inside the artery and compresses the plaque which is blocking the artery. This re-opens the artery. However, the plaque will commonly re-expand following the procedure, partly blocking the artery again. The stent is put in place to prevent this. It is also inserted through the catheter.