(from the article `atherosclerosis`) ...have been saved by coronary bypass surgery, in which sections of blood vessels from other parts of the body are used to route blood flow around ...
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A procedure to enlarge the opening in a blood vessel that has become narrowed or blocked by plaque (a buildup of fat and cholesterol on the inner wall of the blood vessel). A small balloon is filled with air inside the blood vessel to push the plaque against the blood vessel wall and increase the opening.
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This is a procedure where an angioplasty catheter is used to place a tiny balloon at a blocked or partially blocked place in an artery. This is then inflated to about 3 mm diameter and it flattens the fatty tissue that was blocking the artery against the artery wall. Usually, a stent is inserted to keep the artery open. The balloon is deflated, and...
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<cardiology> Use of a balloon catheter for dilatation of an occluded artery. It is used in treatment of arterial occlusive diseases, including renal artery stenosis and arterial occlusions in the leg. For the specific technique of balloon dilatation in coronary arteries, angioplasty, transluminal, percutaneous coronary is available. ... Coron...
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Balloon angioplasty: Coronary angioplasty is accomplished using a balloon-tipped catheter inserted through an artery in the groin or arm to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery. Coronary artery disease occurs when cholesterol plaque builds up (atherosclerosis) in the walls of the arteries to the heart. Angioplasty is successful in opening coron...
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A procedure to open clogged arteries. A catheter, positioned in the narrowed coronary artery, has a tiny balloon at its tip. The balloon is inflated and deflated to stretch or break open the narrowing and improve the passage for blood flow. The balloon-tipped catheter is then removed. (Read about 'Angioplasty')
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a technique that uses a balloon catheter to open arteries clogged with fatty deposits
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A procedure that is used for widening arteries which are narrowed. A catheter, which has a deflated balloon attached to its tip, is inserted in that part of the artery that is narrowed, and is then inflated. This results in dilating the artery.
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Opening the blocked artery by using a balloon catheter that is inflated inside the vessel. A catheter is a small, thin plastic tube used to provide access to parts of the body, such as the coronary arteries. Also known as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
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a procedure usually done in the cardiac catheterization laboratory that uses a catheter (tube) with a balloon in the tip to open up a narrowed valve or blood vessel.
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