How many years can you live after a stent?



How many years can you live after having a stent can not be generalized, the survival time is related to many factors such as the severity of the patient’s condition, age, medication regimen, etc., and there is a significant difference between different patients.

Survival time after stenting is related to the severity of the disease, patients with mild lesions have a longer survival time after stenting, patients with complex lesions have the risk of thrombosis and restenosis of the stent after stenting, and there is the possibility of sudden myocardial infarction, and the survival time will be significantly shortened.

Survival time after stenting is also related to age, middle-aged patients may have relatively longer survival time, while elderly patients have shorter survival time; survival time after stenting is also related to whether the patient is accompanied by underlying diseases, and the survival time of patients accompanied by a variety of chronic diseases will also be significantly shorter.

Patients after stenting should adhere to the medication according to the doctor’s prescription to avoid acute myocardial infarction and prolong the survival time, and the underlying diseases should be actively treated.