Assertion: stent | /r/AtLocation | the artery
Facets:
value: permanently
type: MANNER
value: to hold blood flow
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: The stent stays in the artery permanently to hold it open and improve blood flow to your heart.
text: It is put into the newly opened area of the artery to help keep the artery from narrowing or closing again.
text: The stent is expanded, flattening the plaque against the artery wall and holding the artery open with a mesh tube.
text: The stent will then remain in the artery, keeping it open and the blood flowing.
text: The stent holds up the artery and lowers the risk of the artery re-narrowing.
text: The stent stays in the artery.
text: The stent stays in the artery permanently to hold it open and improve blood flow to the heart.
text: Then the wires are removed along with the catheter, while the stent stays in the artery permanently.
text: A stent stays in the artery permanently.
text: The stent stays in the artery permanently and holds it open.
text: The stent stays in the artery permanently.
text: The decision may be made at this point to put in a stent to keep the artery open.
text: It is put into the newly opened area of the artery to help keep the artery from narrowing or closing again.
text: Stents are tiny tubes that keep the artery open after blockage-clearing angioplasty.
text: For years, the usual protocol in patients with blocked arteries has been for doctors to perform angioplasty, inserting a tiny mesh tube known as a stent to keep the artery open.
text: The stent is left in place to help keep the artery open.
text: In the case of larger arteries, they may leave a stent, which is a metal tube that holds open the artery.
text: The stent remains in the artery to help maintain the improved blood flow.