Fox Health: Facts about stents from the American Heart Association

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Facts about stents from the American Heart Association

A stent is a wire metal mesh tube used to prop open an artery during angioplasty &ndash; a procedure where a cardiologist re-opens a blocked artery to restore blood flow to the heart.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/foxnews/health/~4/UNRt4HEY65A" height="1" width="1"/>

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