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Hey guys, so today we're going to talk about stents in some of the problems, the cascade

effect problems that occur when you get a stent.

Originally they use angioplasty, which is a procedure where they're putting a balloon

to kind of mash the plaque and create more space than your arteries.

The problem is you get a condition called restinosis, which is regrowing some of the tissue

back, so that's not good.

So then they develop something called a stent, which is a metal mesh that goes in the

arteries and holds up the arteries to create more space.

Well the problem is it still created this regrowing of tissue, but not as much, but still it

was too high.

So then they added some drugs to the stent, called a drug alluding stent, and that helped

a little bit, but it gave another side effect, which is thrombosis, which is clotting.

And then they had to come up with another solution to fix that, which is dual anti-platelet

therapy.

The problem is once you get off this, we still have complications of the heart, more problems.

So some doctors are just deciding to leave people on this therapy indefinitely.

The problem with that is that you're risk for bleeding increases.

So let's say for example you have to get a surgery, well that's a problem because you're

not going to be able to clot if they cut you open, you can bleed to death, or let's

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