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STENT OPTIONS
Although conventional stents are less costly, there is a need for life-long consumption of blood-thinning medication. The new generation of stents are more expensive but, after an initial period, blood-thinning medication can be discontinued. - FILE PHOTO
Know your heart specialist
If you need to go for a balloon or stent procedure, it is best to find out how much experience your specialist has
IF you have chest pain and have been found to have significant blockage of your heart arteries, you can opt for only medication, open heart bypass surgery or a procedure to open blocked heart arteries with balloon catheters and stents (miniature cylindrical meshes that expand to open up blocked
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