stents
Vessels' tiny props
Stents are small tubes or mesh scaffolds inserted into blood vessels or other passages to hold them open.
Most commonly, stents prop open coronary arteries narrowed by plaque buildup: They put in two stents after his heart attack.
Stents also appear in ureters, bile ducts, and airways.
The singular is stent.
Procedure to widen vessels
- catheterInserted medical drainage tube
- balloonInflatable rubber sac
- coronaryOf heart arteries
- restenosisRecurring arterial narrowing
atherosclerosis · plaque · occlusion · revascularization · percutaneous · interventional · thrombosis · ischemia
Placing something within
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- biocompatibleAccepted by living tissue
- meshInterlocking open weave
nitinol · polymer · metallic · radiopaque · biodegradable · retrieval · migration · fracture
Oxygen-rich blood conduit
peripheral · iliac · femoral · circulation · endothelium · vasodilation · bypass · graft
To uphold or sustain
open · reinforce · prop · maintain · tubular · framework · structural · mechanical
Concerning bile production
- esophagealOf the swallowing passage
- trachealOf the windpipe
- pancreaticOf the insulin gland
- gastrointestinalRelating to digestive tract
airway · drainage · obstruction · stricture · duct · lumen · palliation · dysphagia
angioplasty
Procedure to widen vessels
restenosis · atherosclerosis · plaque · occlusion · revascularization · percutaneous · interventional · thrombosis · ischemia · angina
insertion
Placing something within
- placementPutting somewhere specific
- prosthesisManufactured replacement body part
- biocompatibleAccepted by living tissue
mesh · nitinol · polymer · metallic · radiopaque · biodegradable · retrieval · migration · fracture · corrosion
artery
Oxygen-rich blood conduit
renal · peripheral · iliac · femoral · circulation · endothelium · vasodilation · bypass · graft · perfusion
support
To uphold or sustain
widen · open · reinforce · prop · maintain · tubular · framework · structural · mechanical
biliary
Concerning bile production
- esophagealOf the swallowing passage
- trachealOf the windpipe
- pancreaticOf the insulin gland
gastrointestinal · airway · drainage · obstruction · stricture · duct · lumen · palliation · dysphagia · jaundice
- heart healthheart disease, heart-healthy diet, heart attack, cardiologist, heart failure
- Medical Advancespenicillin, vaccine, X-ray, insulin pump, pacemaker
- Cardiac Careheart attack, heart failure, cardiac arrest, EKG, ECG
- medical technologypacemakers, pacemaker, defibrillator, ventilator, MRI technology
- implantsimplant, breast implants, cochlear implants, dental implants, hip implant
- surgical suppliesscalpels, scalpel, forceps, clamps, retractors
stentsligatures
Threads for tying off
clamps · closures · occlusions · blockages
- coronary stentTube holding arteries open
- stent placementImplanting arterial support device