I have had four angioplastys and eight stents.  I am 65 years old, in very good to excellent health, do not smoke and only occasionally have alcohol.  Do the stents return me to a "normal" life expectancy schedule or should I expect to be compromised?
Hello. Thank you for your question and welcome to Chat Doctor. I understand your concern. It is my opinion and my in my experience, you can live a completely normal life after stent placement. It is a safe and effective treatment for coronary artery disease. However, there are some things that should be taken into consideration. First, you have to be regular in taking your medication. There are certain Chat Doctor.  Second, there is always a probability of insistent re-stenosis (a phenomenon that is produced by the innermost lining of the coronary arteries, which is characterized by narrowing the stent). This phenomenons' probability to happen is 16-20% in cases when a bare metal stent is used, and approximately 4% when a 