<cardiology, procedure> Percutaneous coronary angioplasty. This procedure involves the introduction of a thin flexible, hollow catheter into a artery in the groin. The catheter is advanced through the blood vessel to the heart. A special balloon tip on the catheter allows the physician to open a diseased (occluded) coronary artery by inflatin...
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Coronary angioplasty is surgery to open up arteries in the heart that have been blocked or narrowed by fatty deposits.
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What is coronary angioplasty? Coronary angioplasty is a procedure used to treat coronary artery disease. It involves flattening the fatty material (atheroma) that can build up inside the walls of the main blood vessels (arteries) to the heart causing them to narrow. An angioplasty usually requires one night in hospital. The procedure is usual...
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