A heart stent is a metal tube that's inserted into your narrowed heart artery during an angioplasty. It acts as an internal support framework to keep the artery open by pressing plaque back against the artery wall.
There are many different types of heart stents available in Singapore:
Bare Metal Stent (seldomly used nowadays) – a metallic mesh tube.
Drug-eluting Stent – a metallic stent that's been coated with medication to prevent re-narrowing of the heart vessel.
Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold (BVS) – a non-metallic mesh tube that slowly dissolves once the blocked artery can function naturally again and stay open on its own.
There's no one "best heart stent”. However, there may be a better suited heart stent for you, according to your condition. This is why I alway make sure to explain the characteristic of the heart stent that you will be receiving.
