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Arterial Stents - Why Biodegradable Stents May Be Better

December 13, 2012

Stents hold blood vessels open as they heal. Stents made of lactic acid polymers dissolve slowly over the course of time. They are gone when their work is done. These new stents could be solution for a problem caused until now by metal stents, which are used to clear coronary arteries but end up causing problems by becoming sites where clot

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