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Please help! what is the normal life of non medicated stunt, after fitted in heart arteries?

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Dr. Bennett Werner answered

Forever: For the majority, they last forever. 5-10 % heal with an exuberant scar. That occurs even less often with a drug eluting stent.

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Answered 3/24/2014

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