When the bulges occur in the upper aorta, they usually require open-heart surgery to repair, which is extremely invasive. “Many patients are old or frail, which makes open-heart surgery very risky.

Coe said placing the stent is a tricky process and it can be lost inside the body, especially if the vessel is inside the heart, as it is with David’s. Lost stents can mean open-heart surgery ...

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While stenting is a common procedure in heart bypasses, it is much more risky in the brain, particularly after someone has had a stroke, Dr. Tampieri said. "The vessels are very delicate.

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That’s either a bypass — open-heart surgery to detour around blockages — or angioplasty, in which doctors push a tube through an artery to the clog, inflate a tiny balloon and place a stent ...

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Jean Chrétien missed King Charles delivering the speech from the throne Tuesday morning because he is recovering after having a heart stent inserted, according to a spokesman for the former prime ...