Manatee Memorial Hospital Announces First Implant of Dissolving Heart Stent

Coconut Telegraph

The interventional cardiology team at Manatee Memorial Hospital is the first in Manatee and Sarasota counties to offer patients with coronary artery disease a new treatment that literally disappears over time. The Absorb GT1 Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold stent opens clogged arteries to restore blood flow and gradually dissolves in the body, reducing the risk of future blockages that can occur with metal stents. This implant is the world's first FDA-approved dissolving heart stent. S. Jay Mathews, MD, cardiologist with Bradenton Cardiology Center successfully implanted the first Abbott Absorb GT1 Bioresorbable Vascular Scaffold stent into a 52-year-old male patient last week at the Manatee Heart and Vascular Center at Manatee Memorial Hospital. 

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