Coronary Stents: History, Design, and Construction

Design optimization of coronary stents by FEM

Two different designs, A and B, with notable different geometrical parameters, were compared. The S-Stent was simulated to expand from its as cut configuration on a hyperelastic balloon model under physiological deployment pressure (below 18 atm). The numerical simulation results reveal that stent B, at diametric expansion of 3.3mm OD, experiences a 50.5% reduction in plastic strain and 10% les...

Biodegradable magnesium coronary stents: material, design and fabrication

Coronary Stents

A coronary stent is stainless tube with slots. It is mounted on a balloon catheter in a "crimped" or collapsed state. When the balloon of is inflated, the stent expands or opens up and pushes itself against the inner wall of the coronary artery. This holds the artery open when the balloon is deflated and removed. Coronary artery stents were designed to overcome some of the short comings of angi...

Coronary stents and chronic anticoagulation.

Case Presentation: A 76-year-old man was admitted with retrosternal chest pain. The ECG on admission showed inferolateral ST depression, and troponin levels were elevated, confirming the diagnosis of an acute coronary syndrome. The patient had a history of hypertension and aortic valve replacement with a metallic bileaflet valve 7 years before. He was being treated with warfarin and lowdose asp...

Coronary stents and noncardiac surgery.

Case Presentation: A 55-year-old man was admitted for investigation of a persistent cough. Chest x-ray revealed an opacity near the right upper-lobe bronchus. He was an exsmoker, and his only previous medical history was of an acute coronary syndrome leading to the implantation of a drug-eluting stent (DES) in his proximal left anterior descending artery 3 months before this admission. A transb...