I am 46 yrs. old and have PAD/PVD and have a stent placed in lower aorta. This was caused from smoking when I was younger, so I was told. I have been put on Plavix/81mg. asprin combo as blood thinners. The stent has been in for three years and I have developed a blood clot in my stent, and part broke off and traveled down to my foot. I am not sure ... more