On call: MRIs and coronary stents
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Fortunately, coronary artery stents are different. Doctors in England evaluated 49 patients with stents who had MRIs within three days of their angioplasties, when stents are most vulnerable. Most patients had more than one stent; the average was 2.2. There were no adverse consequences at the time of the MRIs, and when the patients were evaluated after nine months, 96% of them had excellent stent function.
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