Are those stents (flexible hollow tube made from various metals that resemble a pen spring) that elute completely after a few months after implantation (the metal is bio-degaradable and elutes, leaving a healed artery in place) to 2 years, diminishing the chances of reforming the stenosis. Click for more regarding stents and stent articles.
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What are drug-eluting stents ?
Are those stents (flexible hollow tube made from various metals that resemble a pen spring) coated with a drug in order to diminuish the chances of stenosis reappearance. The drug elutes from the stent in a few months to a year. Instead the metal from which the stent is made remains in place.