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DES - Drug Eluting Stents

Device name: DES - Drug Eluting Stents (also known as medicated or drug-coated stents)
Manufacturer: Boston Scientific, Medtronic, Cordis
Approved uses: Prevention of artery closure and restenosis (artery reblocking) post-angioplasty
Malfunctions:
  • Side effects include thrombosis, necessity of long-term antiplatelet therapy to decrease thrombosis risk, and severe allergic reactions
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DES - Drug Eluting Stents

Drug eluting stents (DES), also known as medicated or drug-coated stents, are small metal scaffold-like structures that are inserted into the coronary artery heart after balloon angioplasty in order to prevent artery closure. The stents are coated in medications that are intended to prevent restenosis (reblocking of the artery). Popular manufacturers include Boston Scientific, Cordis, and Medtronic. Stents are increasingly common, with market projections of up to $5 billion per year, they have been linked with side effects such as thrombosis, severe allergic reactions, and necessary long-term antiplatelet medication in order to prevent thrombosis. The drug-coated stents have also been linked to a higher death rate due to cardiac events such as heart attack when compared to metal stents without a drug coating.

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DES (Drug-Eluting Stents) Linked To Serious Side Effects

It is a $5 billion/year industry, and over six million American patients have been treated with drug-eluting stents (DES) after balloon angioplasty procedures. Drug-eluting stents (also called medicated or drug-coated stents) were invented in response to a common side effect of balloon angioplasty surgery in which the coronary artery became weak and prone to collapse. Stents are a metallic metal "scaffold" or tube that is inserted into the coronary artery in order to prevent collapse. read more

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