How to Use stent in a Sentence

stent

noun

• The number of stents needed depends on the size of the clog.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2019
• The solution was a stent, a tube the width of a toothpick.
  — Kurt Newman, STAT, 12 Feb. 2021
• The stent is a small wire mesh tube that then is propped inside to keep the artery open.
  — Lauran Neergaard, Twin Cities, 2 Oct. 2019
• The device is then deployed, which acts like a stent to divert blood away from the aneurysm.
  — Vanessa Etienne, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2022
• Surgeons had to quickly implant a graft and a stent to shore it up.
  — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 5 May 2022
• The worst-case scenario was believed to be the insertion of a stent and an overnight stay.
  — Scott Springer, The Enquirer, 9 July 2021
• She's since had three procedures and five stents put in her heart.
  — Jen Christensen, CNN, 20 Sep. 2017
• Once in place, the balloon is inflated to open the artery and position the stent.
  — Richard A. Marini, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Nov. 2021
• The stents will be extremely helpful in terms of blood flow.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2019
• One of the sheaths carries a stent graft that surgeons can place inside the aorta.
  — Trihealth Dailyhealthwire, Cincinnati.com, 19 Feb. 2018
• In two months, it will be removed and replaced with a stent to keep her blood flowing.
  — Lizzy Lawrence, STAT, 2 Feb. 2023
• The next day, Lovely, 54, was in emergency surgery to remove a clot from his heart and to have a stent put in.
  — Richard Obert, azcentral, 19 Dec. 2019
• The research didn't address use of stents to save lives of heart attack patients.
  — Lynne Terry, OregonLive.com, 2 Nov. 2017
• Minutes later, the stent failed, filling with plaque after the doctor left the cath lab.
  — Jayme Deerwester, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2020
• Doctors put a stent in her heart in 2007 and Simmons went back to her active lifestyle.
  — Sarah Swetlik | [e-mail], al, 28 Feb. 2023
• And that was basically a stent going up into the brain to pull out a blood clot.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 24 Jan. 2024
• Luckily, the cardiologist was able to clean out the clot and place a stent in my artery.
  — Robin Oliveira, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019
• The flow-reversal system requires the surgeon to clamp the carotid artery in-between the heart and the narrow spot where the stent is to be installed.
  — Paul Sisson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 2 June 2017
• But here, a catheter fitted with the NIRS system called out the culprit in real time, during treatment to put in a stent.
  — Jeff Wheelwright, Discover Magazine, 21 Jan. 2014
• But everything, from a handbag to a heart stent, needs design.
  — Fortune, 1 Mar. 2018
• As the group dispersed, Steven Peters, the neurologist, glanced down at the clot, retrieved from the stent and resting on a piece of bloody gauze.
  — Eva Holland, New York Times, 1 Mar. 2023
• Doctors placed a stent in her carotid artery hoping to prevent future strokes.
  — Ann Neumann, Harper's magazine, 10 June 2019
• At the same time, the doctor found a massive kidney stone, which was the result of the endometriosis blocking my ureter, so a stent had to be put in.
  — Essence, 14 Mar. 2019
• Part of her treatment included the insertion of a bile duct stent.
  — CBS News, 23 Aug. 2019
• Similar coatings could make stents, catheters, and IV lines safer.
  — Sarah Zhang, WIRED, 20 July 2016
• My right coronary artery was 100% blocked, and a drug-eluting stent was inserted.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 14 Sep. 2022
• In an artery that’s completely blocked, the cardiologist places a stent, a wire mesh that holds the artery open and keeps blood flowing to the heart.
  — Jeanne Erdmann, Discover Magazine, 16 June 2020
• Crosby has Type 2 diabetes and eight stents in his heart, and the famous Custer mustache and mane of hair are a billowy white.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
• Metal mesh stents were designed to prop vessels open and later improved with drug coatings to keep them open.
  — Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
• This complicates the doctor’s ability to either access the blockage for treatment at all or, if a stent can be placed, it may not be fully opened, which can limit the stent’s performance to keep the vessel open.
  — Ethan Stone, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024

Last Updated: 14 Dec 2024