Cardiac Cath: Stent name

[maisyLPN]

Today I observed my patient undergoing a heart cathetherization. The patient was a 1 1/2 pack a day smoker and was told that if she had stents placed she wouldn't be able to smoke anymore because the new stents were "literally allergic to nicotine and would completely block blood flow" if she smoked. My teacher wants me to write a mini-report on this particular stent and I do not know the name of it. Can anyone help me out with this? Thanks!

[Asystole RN]

My gut instinct is that the Cardiologist was attempting to scare the patient into not smoking.

Now there MAY be a correlation between nicotine and some drug eluting stents, which there are many. Your search may have to start with the types of drug-eluting stents and known adverse drug reactions.

[maisyLPN]

Thanks