Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20130806:15:02:00
Is. >> a stent is a slotted metal tube. the job is to muscle a blockage out of the way. i'll show you a video sort of. hand, balloon. open, move your blockage out of the way. >> how would a patient in this situation we know is only a blockage in one artery what would be the common symptoms, if at all, that a person might recognize where a blockage was happening? >> typically, symptoms begin with exertion. if he was exercising, riding a bicycle, noticing shortness of breath, maybe mild chest pains or sometimes each just worse fatigue than previously. >> in the operation itself, not very invasiv...
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