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EASTER | Estrogen And Stents To Eliminate Restenosis | |
EASE | Exhale Airway Stents for Emphysema | |
LAMS | Lumen Apposing Metal Stents | |
SKS | Simultaneous Kissing Stents | |
BMS | Bare Metal Stents | |
NEPS | Non Expandable Plastic Stents | |
SEMS | Self Expandable Metal Stents | |
SEMS | Self Expanding Metal Stents | |
BAARDDS | Buenos Aires Registry for Drug Delivery Stents | |
BARDDS | Buenos Aires Registry for Drug Delivery Stents | |
DES | Drug-eluting stents | |
DES | Drug-eluting stents | |
FDS | Flow-Diverter Stents | |
FDS | Flow-Diverter Stents | |
FDS | Flow-Diverter Stents |
What does stents mean?
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- In medicine, a stent is a metal or plastic tube inserted into the lumen of an anatomic vessel or duct to keep the passageway open, and stenting is the placement of a stent. A wide variety of stents are used for different purposes, from expandable coronary, vascular and biliary stents, to simple plastic stents that allow urine to flow between kidney and bladder. "Stent" is also used as a verb to describe the placement of such a device, particularly when a disease such as atherosclerosis has pathologically narrowed a structure such as an artery. A stent is different from a shunt. A shunt is a tube that connects two previously unconnected parts of the body to allow fluid to flow between them. Stents and shunts can be made of similar materials, but perform two different tasks.
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