31. Last week, a blocked artery was reopened. 32. Last November, Vice President Dick Cheney, who has a long history of heart trouble, had a coronary stent inserted to open a blocked artery. 33. No blocked arteries were discovered. 34. On that Sunday, Allen was given tests at Huguley Hospital that indicated he had a blocked artery. 35. ReoPro is now prescribed for a relatively small number of high-risk patients who have undergone coronary angioplasty, a procedure that clears blocked arteries. 36. ReoPro is now prescribed for high-risk patients who have undergone coronary angioplasty, a procedure that clears blocked arteries. 37. ReoPro is used to prevent bleeding in high-risk patients during and after an angioplasty, a surgical procedure to clear blocked arteries. 38. Stents are medical devices used primarily to clear blocked arteries. 39. Such speculation was sparked Monday when doctors reopened a partially blocked artery after Cheney complained of feeling chest pains four times beginning on Saturday. 40. Stents are wire-mesh tubes used to prop open coronary arteries following angioplasty, a procedure used to clear blocked arteries. |