MHH Cardiology implants self-dissolving stents
High-Tech Cardiology Made in Lower Saxony. Constricted coronary arteries harbor dangers: Because the heart is not supplied with blood properly, this can lead to pain, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac insufficiency and sudden cardiac death. One way of eliminating a constriction in a vessel is to implant a stent. This involves the minimally invasive insertion of a small mesh tube into the vessel. Until now, all stents were made of metal and remained in the body, sometimes for decades, depending on the age of the patient. This has various disadvantages, but until now seemed unavoidable. Self-dissolving stents are therefore a groundbreaking innovation. The Department of Cardiology and Angiology at Hannover Medical School (MHH) is at the forefront of this field. A new type of absorbable stent from Biotronik has now been implanted in a patient there. It was the second implantation of…







