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Stent placement in a coronary artery

Stent placement in a coronary artery
Stent placement in a coronary artery. By BruceBlaus (Blausen Medical); cite as Blausen.com staff (2014), "Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014", WikiJournal of Medicine 1 (2), doi:10.15347/wjm/2014.010, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

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A Blausen Medical illustration of a stent placed in a coronary artery during angioplasty. It shows how the expanded mesh tube holds a narrowed vessel open to restore blood flow.

This illustration was created by BruceBlaus (Blausen Medical); cite as Blausen.com staff (2014), "Medical gallery of Blausen Medical 2014", WikiJournal of Medicine 1 (2), doi:10.15347/wjm/2014.010 and is not Sterling IMRES work. It is shown under CC BY 3.0. Reuse it only on the terms of that licence and credit the creator.

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