Amazing Stent Usage In Coronary Angioplasty And Other Procedures

4. Brain Stents

Cerebral aneurysm
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Brain aneurysms occur when there is a weak or bulging area located in an artery wall of a blood vessel supplying blood flow to the brain. Most of the time, no symptoms are present. During rare cases, the brain aneurysm ruptures and floods the skull with blood, causing a stroke. Brain stents are used in the blood vessels of people with a high risk of a brain aneurysm to strength blood vessels and support blood and oxygen flow to the brain.

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