Stent
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Key Stage 4
Meaning
A stent is a tube which can be placed in a blood vessel to widen it for blood to pass through.
About Stents
- A stent is used when a blood vessel becomes blocked.
- A surgery can be performed to put the stent into a narrow blood vessel and expand the diameter of the stent to widen the passage for blood.
- Stents are usually used for people with Coronary Heart Disease where there Coronary Arteries have become blocked by Cholesterol Plaques.
- If a stent is not used when it is needed then a Coronary Artery can become blocked and starve the heart muscles of oxygen, causing a heart attack.
Extra Information
References
AQA
- Stent, page 120-1, GCSE Biology; Student Book, Collins, AQA
- Stent, pages 97, 98, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Biology, CGP, AQA
- Stents, page 33, GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Stents, page 37, GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, AQA
- Stents, page 57, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA
- Stents, pages 103, 104, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA