arteries
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When I had my heart attack, they put three stents in my coronary arteries and blah, blah, blah.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
A stent is a small wire tube that can be inserted into coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart, if they have become narrowed or blocked.
From BBC ● Aug. 12, 2026
He said the attacks are “a systematic threat to the arteries of the world’s energy supply and to the safety of those who keep them flowing.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026
Thursday’s fracture was on a riveted steel pipe from 1916 that is part of the system of major arteries that deliver water from reservoirs and tanks to smaller distribution mainlines across Los Angeles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026
Its arteries coated with what looks like foie gras, it seizes up one day.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
