Drug-eluting stent

nonsurgical procedure to treat atherosclerosis within the heart’s vessels (cite). Percutaneous coronary intervention, a balloon angioplasty procedure, involves inserting a metal wire stent within a constricted coronary artery. Using a balloon catheter with guided x-ray imaging, the stent is implanted as the balloon simultaneously inflates. The inflation of the balloon breaks up atherosclerotic…

Chapter 4 STENT DESIGNS Stents are small meshed spring like tubular structures used in angiolplasty to treat the narrow or weak coronary arteries that carry blood. The implantation of stent prevents the arteries from blowing out for a longer duration after surgery. One of the causes for blockage of arteries is the plaque deposition in the inner parts that eventually block the blood flow and may also lead to heart attacks. …

Eyzkube Experiment 1. Drug of Choice: Eyzkube. a. I need the specialized water because my body is craving the satisfaction of the Eyzkube. b. The chemistry of my brain was letting me know that I need something more potent in order to function. 2. My plans are to secretly use my drugs and not to be caught. In doing so I planned to get up before every one at 6:00am and prepare my drinks and the Eyzkubes. a. I need to be very wise when using the drug. b. If I am caught I would make up some story…

known as the Medicare Prescription Drug Coverage, was designed to cover the existing gap (the donut hole), between individual’s prescription drug needs and Original Medicare (Original Medicare is characterized in parts A and B). The Original Medicare Plans includes basic drug coverage but unfortunately, many medicare beneficiaries require specific prescription drug needs that do not fall under the qualifications of parts A and B coverage. Medicare Part D is additional coverage associated with…

My overall impression of Freakonomics pertaining to the subject matter is that the documentary segments focus in on real-life struggles that families from all different walks of life go through. It was interesting to find out names can have an affect how well a child performs in school and their future careers. The definition of causality seems unnecessary in everyday life. We define causality as a connection between two events or states that one produces or brings about the other; where one is…

Argumentative Essay Should we the people allow the government to video very populated areas? Should we give up some of our privacy to protect a great amount of people? The answer is yes. Security cameras can see what sometimes we don't see. They help in many different cases, they can be very useful for everyday crime. Like drug dealings, robberies, and even kidnappings or abductions. Cameras also help with terrorist attacks which is becoming a very serious topic in america. We can use these…

If an eccentric billionaire had volunteered to pay the tuition of the entire student body on the condition that drinking and drug use be completely eliminated. Knowing that cheating would not work and if anyone were to be drinking or have drug use take place then the offer would be null and void and everybody would go back to paying their own fees. Formal and informal controls could be used to prevent drinking and the use of drugs. Formal and informal controls are also known as social controls…

4% of 886, this is the number of patients who had assisted suicide and failed that later went on to kill themselves, this number may seem low but it is still too high. Assisted suicide is when there is a patient who is very ill or in a lot of pain, and there doctor or nurse helps them to die. A drug is given to the patient's called euthanasia, this is what is given to patients to help to end their life faster then naturally dying. Which is why it is called assisted suicide, because we are not…

The government should NOT provide free healthcare. Free healthcare is a plan to increase taxes and would not help the financing of this country. It is also too ambitious and would be very hard to regulate. In the past free healthcare has been exploited by patient and Doctor. In the chapter Night Doctors the Lacks family doesn’t trust Hopkins because they allegedly stole African Americans in the night to do experiments (Skloot 165). Hospitals like this took advantage of poor and black people…

England, France, Australia, Italy---these countries have placed bans on marketing prescription drugs directly to consumers. In fact, only two developed countries haven’t banned direct-to-consumer advertising---New Zealand and the United States (Canada allows highly regulated direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising). While pharmaceutical companies have been advertising prolifically for decades, 1997 brought on the current onslaught of direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising…