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In the Loop: Experimental Stent Stems Danger of Major Artery Rupture

It was just supposed to be wrist surgery. But when Ron Hall, an 80-year-old retired structural steel worker from Blue [...]

By Dana Sparks • February 17, 2016
Testing Heart Patients’ Genes for Best Drug Choice

Mayo Clinic Studying Genomics of Antiplatelet Heart Medication http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DheqVPuMro0 Each year in the United States, 600,000 to 800,000 heart stents are placed to restore blood flow through coronary arteries. Patients are then given medication to keep blood clots from forming near the surgical site. Such clots can be deadly, causing heart attack and stroke. But, which antiplatelet medication is best? The answer may lie in your genes. “The current standard of care after angioplasty is to prescribe clopidogrel for one year, regardless of a person’s individual genotype, even though we have known for several years that variation in the CYP2C19 gene may diminish the benefit from the drug,” says Naveen Pereira, M.D., a Mayo Clinic cardiologist and principal investigator. Click here to read the full news release. Journalists: Sound bites with Dr. Pereira and animation of a heart stent placement are available in the downloads.

By Dennis Douda • November 13, 2013
Mayo Clinic Illustration – Coronary Angioplasty and Stent

Angioplasty is often combined with the permanent placement of a small wire mesh tube called a stent to help prop the artery [...]

By Dana Sparks • August 6, 2013
Learn about coronary angioplasty and stents

Coronary stents are placed during a procedure called coronary angioplasty (AN-jee-o-plas-tee), also called percutaneous coronary intervention, which is a procedure used to open clogged heart [...]

By Dana Sparks • October 2, 2019