if u have stent replacement in your heart that stent is for life?

Answer 1

Yes the stent is for life.But annual follow up with a qualified cardiac specialist will be needed to see if the heart funcioning is ok with the stent or something more like an open heart surgery is needed.The normal life span of stent is 15 years after which it may need to be replaced.

Answer 2

They don't remove it like a pin for broken bones but may need another stent in the future or a bypass. Need stress tests to check on heart function and that will help tell whether stent is still good.

Answer 3

Stent replacement already tells you that it cannot be for life.
Depeneding on your colestrol levels and your food intake the stsent shall need replacement... Normally anywhere from 10 to 15 years is a good sent life before replacement. Nowadays with the new procedure it has become more simple to replace and regular annual checkups are a must.

Answer 4

My husband had stent placed his first surgery then about 3 years later he had to have bypass surgery.....that now has been 5 years.

Answer 5

Stent is a localised solution. It does not give any guarantee that further blockage will not occur. Why not go for some ayurvedic treatment which will clear the blockage and give you life time remedy. Try Rudved capsules.

Answer 6

Yes, once they put a stent in your coronary arteries, they do not take it out, it stays with your for the rest of your life.

Answer 7

YOU MAY STILL NEED BY-PASS AS STENT IS NOT PERMANENT SOLUTION TO BLOCKAGE

Answer 8

Yes, it is for life. They cannot take them back out because the blood vessel lining grows over them.