WHAT IS A STENT AND WHERE CAN YOU GET ONE

Authors
OBRIEN JC SPARKMAN RS
Citation
Jc. Obrien et Rs. Sparkman, WHAT IS A STENT AND WHERE CAN YOU GET ONE, The American journal of cardiology, 79(9), 1997, pp. 1306
Citations number
5
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
The American journal of cardiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00029149
Volume
79
Issue
9
Year of publication
1997
Database
ISI
SICI code
0002-9149(1997)79:9<1306:WIASAW>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
The development of the word stent as we use it today refers to a mater ial to hold tissues in position or to make tissues patent. Dr. Charles Thomas Stent, a 19th century London dentist, created a compound for d ental impressions that was used to hold skin grafts in place by later plastic surgeons, presaging its present usage.