Heart Stent (Definition) A heart stent is a small, 2.25-4.5 mm diameter (when expanded) stainless steel tube. The walls are cut with a laser, into varying patterns due to patent designs. A Brief History of Stenting The concept of the stent grew directly out of interventional cardiologists' experience with angioplasty balloons in the first decade of use (1977-87). How Long Should Plavix be Used After Coronary Stenting? Variability in Duration of Clopidogrel (Plavix) Therapy Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Questions about dosage and length of treatment with Plavix (clopidogrel), Effient (prasugrel), and aspirin after having a stent? Have you experienced allergic reactions or side-effects? Join the conversation. This discussion topic is a slippery slope of thoughts, studies, and opinions. I have both bare-metal and drug eluding stents in place, four of each, and took Plavix for twelve years. I have a drug eluting stent implanted in 2006. I have now been on Plavix and aspirin for over three years. The cardiologist says I will be on it for life. If the use of Plavix and aspirin can be eliminated after 2 to 4 months of the implantation of a bare metal stent, why can't Plavix and aspirin My cardiologists suggested I read about the DAPT trials in regards to Plavix-aspirin therapy and the length of therapy. I had 2 des, which are first generation, 15 months ago. Patients who have undergone placement of coronary stents require dual antiplatelet therapy with Plavix and aspirin to prevent the serious complication of in-stent thrombosis. If your cardiologist has told you to stop just stop. It takes 7 to 10 days for the initial effects to wear off and 30 day to clear the body. You were taking the plavix for the bare metal stent for the most part until it was fully covered with scar tissue. Soll ich Plavix, Efient, Brilique, Aspirin, Pradaxa, Xarelto, Eliquis, Marcoumar oder Sintrom vor meiner geplanten Operation pausieren?.