When a stent is put in for coronary artery disease, can it fall out, break off, or feel like a foreign body?

When you see this question in today’s topic, I’m sure many patients have concerns. As a cardiologist often encounter patients after stenting, asking the doctor whether the stent will break, will run out, will rust? What’s more, some family members complained that “since the heart stent was put in, patients are afraid to run or jump for fear that the stent will fall out!” These questions seem to be a joke, in fact, these questions reflect the coronary stent surgery patients for coronary stents are not enough knowledge. Today, we will give you a popularization of what coronary heart disease put a stent, will not fall off, fracture? First of all, we have to tell the patients after coronary stent surgery, do not need to worry too much about the stent, it is not fragile, as long as the improvement of lifestyle, regular medication to protect the stent can be, will not be fractured, dislodged, will not be because of the running, jumping or massage dislocation. 1.Coronary stents will not burst the blood vessels by themselves, so there is no need to worry! Coronary stenting is done by experienced cardiologists, who can well assess the inner diameter of the blood vessels and lesions, and the coronary artery vessels are elastic lumens composed of multi-layer tissues, a well-placed stent will not be implanted again after significant deformation damage to the coronary arteries. 2. The stent will not fall off or move due to daily exercise and massage, so there is no need to worry! After the coronary stent is inserted into the coronary artery, the doctor has already tightly fitted the stent to the inner wall of the blood vessel by expanding the balloon, the diameter of the stent tube and the inner diameter of the blood vessel almost completely match, coupled with the elasticity of the blood vessel’s contraction force, so as long as the operation is successful, we don’t have to worry about the stent will be shifted or dislodged in the future days. The current cardiac stent is very thin, usually only 50-100 microns thick, and the surface of the stent will be covered with a layer of cells after the procedure, which is equivalent to the stent and the blood vessel become one. The stent will not be dislodged or moved by daily exercise or massage, so there is no need to worry. 3. There is no foreign body sensation in the heart after stent placement, so there is no need to worry! There are many patients who say that they can feel something in their heart after stenting. In fact, this is more of a psychological effect of the patients themselves. From the structure of the human body, the stent placed in the coronary artery is not like human skin that can perceive a variety of pain and touch the nerve, the so-called foreign body sensation is just a psychological effect. Therefore, it is emphasized again that there is no need to worry too much about the stent after coronary stenting, it is not fragile, as long as you take medicine regularly to protect the stent, it will not be broken, dislodged, will not be shifted because of running, bouncing, or massaging, and it will not have any foreign body sensation. Finally, 5 advice for patients after coronary stent surgery: 1, improve poor lifestyle, pay attention to diet and exercise. 2.Manage your emotions and ensure your mental health. 3, long-term medication, testing blood pressure, heart rate. 4.Control your blood pressure, blood fat, blood sugar. 5.Regular consultation and review. Read the above content believe that you have a more in-depth and scientific understanding of the coronary stent, there are questions must ask the doctor, do not think blindly and do not believe the rumors.