Every time a heart stent is mentioned, everyone has a lot to say!
So today, the top 10 heart stent rumors that are most likely to fool everyone, and I will refute the rumors one by one:
Rumour 1: The stent is an obsolete technology that has long been used abroad?
Many people say on the Internet all day long that the bracket is a technology that others have eliminated in Europe and the United States. They have long since used it and sold it to us. In fact, for severe cardiovascular stenosis and acute myocardial infarction, stenting is still the most cutting-edge method. Even in developed countries such as Europe, America, and Japan, stent technology is still the most important treatment method.
If someone says that the bracket is obsolete, then you can talk about the most advanced technology in use now, and just tell everyone. Don’t just say that the stand is out, then I also say that the mobile phone is out, but I won’t tell you the latest communication equipment.
Rumour 2: When the thrombus is drawn out, there is no need to place a stent?
There is also a rumor, with a video, showing that in acute myocardial infarction, the thrombus can be sucked out, and the thrombus is completely sucked out. Then there will be no thrombus or plaque in the blood vessel, and the lumen will return to normal, so there is no need for stents.
Actually, only a part of the myocardial infarction can extract the thrombus, and only a part of the thrombus can be extracted. Even after the thrombus is removed, the plaque is still there, and the fixed stenosis is still there, so most of them still need stents!
The stent itself cannot solve the problem of thrombus, but the stent solves the problem of stenosis, so the stenosis still exists. Naturally, most of the acute myocardial infarction even if the thrombus is aspirated, even if the thrombolytic treatment is performed, the final result will not be solved. Get stent treatment.
Rumour 3: The stent must not be placed, and if it is placed, you will have to take medicine for the rest of your life?
One of the reasons why many people resist stents is to hear that they have to take rejection drugs for a lifetime.
First of all, let me tell you that there is no need to take rejection drugs after stenting. Secondly, for severe coronary heart disease, even if you don’t do stents, you have to take medicine for the rest of your life. Putting stents is only a way to save lives and solve severe cardiovascular stenosis, not the cause of your life-long medication.
Most people with coronary heart disease do not have stents and have to take medicine for the rest of their lives. That’s why.
Rumor 4: The bracket needs to be replaced regularly
Does the stent have to be replaced every 5-10 years?
Of course not. After the stent is put into the blood vessel, it grows together with the blood vessel and cannot be removed, so it cannot be replaced.
On the heart, only pacemakers need to be replaced every few years.
Rumor 5: Can’t exercise after braces
Many people say that if a brace is made, people will be useless, they will no longer be able to exercise, they will no longer be able to fly, they will no longer be able to work, they will no longer be able to do this or that.
It is the heart itself, not the stent, that determines our ability to exercise. Some people cannot exercise after stenting because of heart failure after myocardial infarction. On the contrary, people with severe angina pectoris cannot exercise before stenting, because the cardiovascular stenosis is narrow, but they can exercise after stenting. This is because the stent solves cardiovascular stenosis and myocardial ischemia.
Rumour 6: All is well after the brace
Some people misunderstood, put the stent, no pain, no suffocation, I feel that the disease is cured, I can eat and drink, but I don’t remember taking medicine, and it turns out that after a few years of blood vessels Blocked again.
After the stent is done, it does not mean that the disease will be cured. In the future, it is necessary to live a long-term healthy life, take it on time, and review it regularly, otherwise the blood vessels will be blocked.
Rumor 7: Shorter lifespan after stents
There is often a legend that the person next door, Mr. Li, who made a stent will disappear, so the stent must not be used.
Why do some people die after the stent is done? This is caused by the disease itself, not the stent shortening the lifespan. The stent is there to save life, but the stent is not a panacea. Sometimes the condition is critical, for example Acute myocardial infarction, the area is too large, has been in shock, or sudden death and other reasons, even if the stent is installed, the patient may be gone.
Myth 8: Angiography must be reviewed after stenting
People who have completed stents think that they need to go to regular angiography to see if the stents are still smooth, but it is not necessary.
If symptoms of myocardial ischemic angina pectoris recur again, or if there are still remaining problems at the time of stenting, the angiography needs to be reviewed. Generally, there is no need to review the angiography.
Rumor: 9: Cardiovascular stenosis must be stented
When the narrowing of the cardiovascular system exceeds 50%, it is called coronary heart disease. However, stenting is required only if the cardiovascular stenosis exceeds 75% and there is sufficient evidence of myocardial ischemia. Moderate and mild cardiovascular stenosis can be controlled by healthy living and regular medication.
Rumour 10: Elderly people cannot put braces
There is no age limit for cardiac stents. Even if a 90-year-old has an acute myocardial infarction, the best way to rescue them is to use stents, because elderly patients cannot be thrombolyzed.
So for the elderly, in the event of acute myocardial infarction, the only option is stenting, there is no other option.
In short, heart stents are only a treatment for severe coronary heart disease, or a rescue method for acute myocardial infarction and a method for solving severe cardiovascular stenosis. You may have many misunderstandings about stents. I hope that after reading today’s top 10 rumors, you can recognize cardiac stents!