restenosis

And studies have shown that when you put a stent in and the scar tissue grows back in the stent and then you have to have another procedure, if you put a source of radiation, like radiation therapy, right adjacent to that blood vessel, this is at the end of a tube, that you can significantly reduce that rate of what we call restenosis, from perhaps 40 to 50 percent inside that stent down to 10 to 15 percent.

CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: How to Keep Your Heart Healthy - March 17, 2001 2001

"These results led to a low long-term restenosis rate, similar to that achieved with the current generation of nonbioabsorbable drug-eluting stents," they said in an accompanying editorial.

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"However, the early functioning of graft and patient are excellent and we feel that substantial complications or long-term restenosis is unlikely," they said.

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This prevents restenosis, which is the biggest problem with angioplasty—the dilations they make can reclose, either immediately or within six months.

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This is a breakthrough because, until now, the artery would often reclog as plaque adhered to the stent a process doctors refer to as restenosis.

THRIVING WITH HEART DISEASE Wayne M. Sotile 2003

BELLER: Well, Larry, first of all, the biggest problem with the angioplasty procedure, which has really been a quite successful one, is that there is what is called restenosis, where the artery slowly closes off again with scar tissue.

CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: How to Keep Your Heart Healthy - March 17, 2001 2001

And then he had what was called restenosis of that stent, where scar tissue grew back into the artery itself, in the channel of the artery, and that was dilated with a balloon.

CNN Transcript - Larry King Live Weekend: How to Keep Your Heart Healthy - March 17, 2001 2001

Spectranetics said it had submitted safety data to the FDA showing that stents could withstand its laser method for treating restenosis, which is the closing of arteries after a stent has been inserted.

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Spectranetics said it had submitted safety data to the FDA showing that stents could withstand its laser method for treating restenosis, which is the closing of arteries after a stent has been inserted.

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Spectranetics said it had submitted safety data to the FDA showing that stents could withstand its laser method for treating restenosis, which is the closing of arteries after a stent has been inserted.

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