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- Coronary angioplasty and stents - Mayo Clinic
Coronary angioplasty treats vessels, called coronary arteries, which deliver blood to heart muscles A tiny balloon on a narrow tube, called a catheter, is used to widen a clogged artery and improve blood flow
- Learn about coronary angioplasty and stents - Mayo Clinic News Network
Coronary stents are placed during a procedure called coronary angioplasty (AN-jee-o-plas-tee), also called percutaneous coronary intervention, which is a procedure used to open clogged heart arteries
- Coronary angioplasty and stents - Mayo Clinic
Coronary angioplasty and stents can open clogged blood vessels that deliver blood to heart muscles
- Angina treatment: Stents, drugs, lifestyle changes — Whats best?
During an angioplasty, a doctor inserts a thin, flexible tube called a catheter into a blood vessel, usually in the groin or wrist The tube is guided to the blocked heart artery
- Coronary artery disease: Angioplasty or bypass surgery?
The surgery involves taking a piece of healthy blood vessel from inside the chest wall or lower leg area The vessel is connected below the blocked heart artery
- Coronary angiogram - Mayo Clinic
In a coronary angiogram, a flexible tube called a catheter is inserted into an artery, usually in the groin, arm or neck It's guided to the heart A coronary angiogram can show blocked or narrowed blood vessels in the heart
- Cardiac catheterization - Mayo Clinic
This minimally invasive procedure can diagnose and treat heart conditions Know when you might need it and how it's done
- Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory - Overview - Mayo Clinic
Our physicians-scientists were involved in advancing percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) And they set up a multicenter PTCA registry that has recruited more than 35,000 patients
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