After a blocked artery is treated with angioplasty to restore blood flow, the artery may become blocked again. This is called restenosis. One way to prevent restenosis is to place a stent inside the artery at the spot where the blockage was cleared by angioplasty. A stent is a tiny, metal mesh tube that is placed with a catheter and permanently embedded within the artery wall to prop open and prevent it from collapsing.
Associations between Agent Orange and other dioxin-contaminated herbicides and structural birth defects like spina bifida, oral clefts, heart defects and hypospadias may be just the âtip of the icebergâ.
About 1 in every 33 babies is born with a birth defect. Birth defects are one of the leading causes of infant deaths, accounting for more than 20% of all infant deaths.CDC is working with its partners and the public to build a comprehensive approach to improve understanding of medication use during pregnancy.owever, some have suggested that these medications might increase the risk for heart defects or cleft lip and palate. For this study, researchers aimed to see if treatment with any opioid analgesic medication just before or during early pregnancy was associated with the occurrence of certain birth defects.