Super-Thin Drug-Free Coating 'Hides' Stent as It Unblocks Heart ArteriesAvoids Deadly Clotting Problems of Drug-Eluting Stents

HOLLYWOOD, Fla., Jan. 21 (HSMN NewsFeed) -- A new stent with a nanothin surface application shows promise in opening and healing blocked heart arteries without the life-threatening dangers of drug-eluting stents, according to a study being presented at the 20th annual International Symposium on Endovascular Therapy (ISET).

The stent coating is 25,000 times thinner than a human hair. Called Polyzene®-F, the treatment is not a drug but a medically inert chemical compound that "hides" the stent from the body.

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