Samraworld Dictionary
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Noun
A stent is a tiny tube placed into a hollow structure in your body. This structure can be an artery, a vein, or another structure such as the tube that carries urine (ureter). The stent holds the structure open.
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My doctor looked at my EKG results and asked me to go to the hospital to have a stent inserted into one of my blocked arteries.