Advertisement
Do you suffer from chronic pain?
Learn how straightening up can ease your pain
Chronic pain management tips
Learn how straightening up can ease your pain
Chronic pain management tips
More DailyStrength
In medicine, a stent is either an expandable wire form or perforated tube that is inserted into a natural conduit of the body to prevent or counteract a disease-induced localized flow constriction. The most common use of stents is in coronary arteries. They are also widely used in other natural body conduits, such as c... more at Wikipedia
Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Heart Attack | 184 |
96% |
| Coronary Heart Disease | 134 |
88% |
| Pancreatitis | 1 |
100% |
| Kidney Stones | 2 |
100% |
| Aneurysms | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 93% (328
Members)
find Stents helpful
Advertisement
Stents Reviews
Working / Worked
I received 2 stents
Working / Worked
have had 7 stents over a ten year period ... a recent test seemed to indicate that blood flow was normal
Working / Worked
have had a total of 9 stents placed to my coronaries since 2000
Working / Worked
Feel this has been promoted too quickly for many cases that would be better off with lifestyle changes.
Working / Worked
2 put in a year ago
Working / Worked
I have had no symptoms from the stents. I feel really great.
Working / Worked
I have 7-9 of them. I lost count
Working / Worked
Two x stents fitted in LAD artery
Working / Worked
3 stents
Working / Worked
As far as I know they are working. June 30th I go for a stress echo and my cardio says he is going to stress the stents. Guess I'll find out then how they are working.
Showing 51 - 60 of 350 Reviews
Discussions
-
Stents
Hi, I wish you the best of luck with this. I had an angiogram just under two weeks ago. Unfortunately, I was not a candidate for stenting as they di... [More] -
Stents
Hi Mandy I had this done to my right transverse sinus this past December. My vein was severely compressed. Last June I had a lumbar shunt and the sur... [More] -
Stents
Mandy, Good luck, i hope this works for you and some relief comes your way. Mandy aka Buttercup85 has had good luck with stents. Although finding her... [More] -
Stents
Mandy, I've never had stents, but I wanted to say good luck, and that I'm sending my love over the i-waves. You'll be in my thoughts. Seasprite [More] -
Stents
I go in for a cranial angiogram (sp on Wednesday and possiable stents. I was wanddring if anybody has had one. And what the recovery waz like. And th... [More]
