Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
stenton .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Prov. Eng. An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun medicine The surgical act of placing a
stent , or supporting tube, into an artery, esophagus, or other passage or conduit in the body. - verb Present participle of
stent . - noun UK, dialect An
opening in awall in acoal mine .
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Examples
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HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited (HCG), South Asia's largest cancer care network, today unveiled the PET Myocardial Blood Flow (MBF) System that offers clinicians a non-invasive method to determine true myocardial blood flow and accurately assess the need for revascularization procedures such as stenting and bypass surgery.
PR.com Press Releases HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd. 2010
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But U-M physicians go a step further by critically evaluating other costly pre-operative practices -- stress testing and coronary revascularizations such as stenting and bypass surgery for patients with stable heart disease.
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But U-M physicians go a step further by critically evaluating other costly pre-operative practices -- stress testing and coronary revascularizations such as stenting and bypass surgery for patients with stable heart disease.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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PR. com) -- HealthCare Global Enterprises Limited (HCG), South Asia's largest cancer care network, today unveiled the PET Myocardial Blood Flow (MBF) System that offers clinicians a non-invasive method to determine true myocardial blood flow and accurately assess the need for revascularization procedures such as stenting and bypass surgery.
PR.com Press Releases HealthCare Global Enterprises Ltd. 2010
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The system used in the trial -- the Gateway-Wingspan intracranial angioplasty and stenting system, made by Stryker Corp. -- is the only system approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration FDA for certain high-risk stroke patients.
Study: 'Brain stents' for stroke patients do more harm than good 2011
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The researchers anticipated that stenting would reduce the risk of recurrent stroke or death by 35 percent over two years.
Study: 'Brain stents' for stroke patients do more harm than good 2011
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But for those with a strong preference for a less invasive procedure, stenting is a reasonable alternative.
New guidelines caution against overuse of stroke screening 2011
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"We hypothesized that stenting would be more effective than medical therapy and found exactly the opposite," said lead researcher Dr. Marc I.
Study: 'Brain stents' for stroke patients do more harm than good 2011
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Both carotid stenting, in which a balloon catheter is inserted to open the blood vessel, and carotid endarterectomy, in which plaque build-up is surgically removed, are reasonable, safe, and effective ways to treat blocked neck arteries, according to the guidelines.
New guidelines caution against overuse of stroke screening 2011
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"The story isn't entirely that stenting is bad," said Colin Derdeyn, an interventional neuroradiologist at Washington University, St. Louis, and a co-author of the study.
Drug Regimen Outdoes Stents in Stroke Study Ron Winslow 2011
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