Angioplasty Information and Side Effects Angioplasty, Coronary; Balloon Angioplasty; Coronary Angioplasty
Angioplasty (Balloon Angioplasty) is a procedure performed by cardiologists to help open narrowings in the coronary arteries. This procedure requires cardiac catheterization and involves passing a catheter with a balloon into the artery. The balloon is then blown up in the artery to eliminate the narrow area
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Angioplasty is the mechanical alteration of a narrowed or totally obstructed ...
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Coronary Interventions: Angioplasty, Stents,
and Atherectomy
... What are interventional procedures? Interventional procedures are nonsurgical procedures used to treat blocked coronary arteries and increase blood flow to the heart. (Figure 1 below)
Source: Cleveland Clinic
Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa Inhibitors ... Glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors are medications used in treating patients who have unstable angina, certain types of heart attacks, and in combination with angioplasty with or without stent placement...
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Angioplasty Articles
- Angioplasty
... Coronary angioplasty (AN-jee-oh-plas-tee) is a medical procedure used to open narrowed or clogged blood vessels of the heart. A thin balloon or other device is threaded through a blood vessel in the g... - Coronary Artery Disease
... is a type of heart disease. The coronary arteries are blood vessels that carry and oxygen to the heart muscle. When these arteries become clogged with fatty deposits called , it is called coronary art... - FDA Advises Physicians of Adverse Events
Associated with Cordis Cypher Coronary Stents
... The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today informed physicians about adverse events associated with Cordis Corporation’s Cypher Coronary Stent. FDA posted the information on its web site as a ...
Resources
- American Heart Association
- Angioplasty (National Women's Health Information Center)