Heart Stint: Durg-Eluting or Drug-Coated

January 12, 2007

A drug-eluting stint is also called a drug-coated stint. Like its cousin, the bare metal stint, it is a small lattice-shaped tube that is used to treat atherosclerosis, which is the build up of plaque on the inner walls of the coronary artery. Atherosclerosis narrows the path for oxygen-rich blood, which can cause stroke, heart [...]

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Heart Stint: My Heart Stint Story

December 28, 2006

I am finishing a eBook entitled My Heart Stint Story, which is about my own journey with heart stints. You can get on the pre-announcement list and get notified when this eBook will become available. Just go to My Heart Stint Story.com and register and get a FREE copy of “10 Things You Need To [...]

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Heart Stint: A Nuclear Ventriculography Test

December 7, 2006

Yep, it’s that yearly check up time. Because I have had open heart surgery and five heart stints, I go through a heart exam at least once a year. It’s a long name folks, but today I had a nuclear ventriculography test for my heart. The test uses radioactive material called tracers to make one’s [...]

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