A new study in which researchers are using MRI to spot bleeding in the heart after stent surgery is giving new hope to heart attack patients.
When the artery feeding blood to the heart is blocked a heart attack occurs. The blockage not only stops the flow of blood to the heart muscle, it also stops the hearts oxygen.
In most cases when a blockage is found a metal stent is placed in the artery.
Until recently researchers were unable to tell if the patients were bleeding into the heart after the stent surgery.
In the new study, researchers used (magnetic resonance imaging) …read more

If discontinuing anti-clotting medication after receiving a coated stent is a bad idea, wouldn’t it be better to get a stent that dissolves after a certain period of time? Some good reasons to get an absorbable stent:

You’d avoid having a foreign body inside your heart
The absorbable stent is more flexible and conforms to the shape of the coronary artery
A lower risk of late-stent thrombosis
Less potential scarring
Avoid the hassles a metal stent causes with CT and MRI scans

I’ve previously written about the Abbott XIENCE V Everolimus Eluting Coronary Stent System and today’s news is, I believe, …read more