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. …

potentially ruin lives. The extent of information which was presented even dulled our PSA in comparison to ads which used entertainment as a drawing in factor. The anti lsd psa conveyed a good story about the girl and the boy whose lives are being destroyed by the drug. The main difference is that the anti lsd psa didn’t focus much on factual information to present to its viewers and help them make an educated choice about the drug. The PSA leaves out factual information and uses scare tactics…

aspects to the athletic world that are often hot topics, or controversial issues. One of the biggest, most popular topics in the society of sports is whether performance enhancing drugs should be legalized and used, or banned altogether. In my own opinion, these performance enhancing drugs should not be legalized, or allowed in the world of sports. There are many reasons that the use of performance enhancing drugs should not be allowed in athletics. One of the biggest reasons is to make the…

seizures. Even after the bill was passed still many individuals could not use the drug and many died trying to fight to have access. Individuals believe that many are suffering and waiting for their marijuana drug to help with their ill conditions. Richard N. Gottfried chair of Health Committee Assembly said that many individuals are waiting to get access to medical marijuana to help serious conditions and not having access can be dangerous for their health (Alliance, 2015). He was discussing…

ETHICAL ISSUES IN SPORTS In today’s world ethics is one of the common principles which is neglected and taken for granted by the people all over the world in every aspect of life. When we talk about sports India is the largest populated country in the world who has won less Olympic gold medals than the US swimmer, Michael Phelps, who alone has won in a single edition of sports.One of the main reasons for this drawback on Indian sports is because of the ethical issues faced by our nation which…

understand the beginning scene and the amount of weight this encounter has. Although the impending shoot out of the opening scene has the viewer’s utmost attention, it is the flashbacks and the introduction of these important characters that are the meat of the story. The story spans a total of about 20 years, from when Rocket and Lil Ze were children in the 1960s to the present time in the film in the 1980s. Because the story spans across a lengthy amount of time, various different editing…

The Perfect Handgun for Carrying With all the talk of the United States government taking away our gun rights, it’s not at all shocking that more and more people are going out buying guns. “The president is the perfect gun sales rep.” said one Rocky Mount, NC pawnbroker. Gun sales have risen in the past few months and as long as the United States government keeps talking about stripping our gun rights. As more and more people go out and purchase, they may wonder what the perfect…

The third and final example of their use of the rhetoric device pathos is during the scene were the record producer of Girl Talk named Gregg Michael Gillis talks about his work in medicine. This scene in the film was a very well executed use of pathos in many ways. For one they show us that medicine could be much further than it is now but because of the patents that companies have on the most basic of ideas, they cannot use the information that was found to add to their own personal idea. This…

Topical ointments Introduction: An ointment is semi solid topical preparation applied to external application with rubbing effect. It may be a vehicle or media for a drug or it may serve like a protective or emollient. Ointments show plastic flow characteristics. When the ointment is applied it is definite yield value and the resistant to flow drops as the applications to the skin is continued. Body: • Uses : There are two types of ointments: A- Medicated: used to treat different…