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Ask the Physician
Vincent Varghese, D.O., FACC, FSCAI
Director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship
Program, Attending, Interventional Cardiology
and Endovascular Medicine, Deborah Heart and
Lung Center, answers your question:
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Q: I was treated for a blocked
artery
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ago with a balloon.
I started= getting
– eating
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right, lost some weight= and really started
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= =my leg came
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somehow the blockage
= blockage,
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= I=want= to keep
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need a stent this time for the
= stent out
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cising. Is there a =certain
~Neil
A., Hamilton
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A: Neil, I am very
glad= you contacted
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Lung Center’s Clinical=Research Department
is= working
on cut=
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ting-edge research for
the
next
generation
of
stents.
Based
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“biomimicry,” one revolutionary
stent technology
we’re= review=
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ing adapts the
straight
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= stent design
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three-dimensional
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the
geometry
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This technology improves blood flow and also provides more
flexibility
performance
of
vessels.
Its
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unique helical
design
enables
a
coil-spring
shortening
during
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knee= flexion,
for less=risk= of stent
fracture
and vascular
injury.
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for= an appointment
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to= meeting
you! = =
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For
an
appointment
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