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Phrases with «balloon angioplasty»

Balloon angioplasty is a medical procedure used to treat blocked or narrow blood vessels. During the procedure, a small balloon-like device is inserted into the clogged blood vessel and inflated. This helps to widen the vessel and improve blood flow, allowing more oxygen and nutrients to reach the affected area. Full definition

Sentences with «balloon angioplasty»

  • Despite the advent of a new generation of stents, patients with multiple narrowed arteries in the heart who received coronary artery bypass grafting fared better than those whose arteries were opened with balloon angioplasty and stents in a study presented at the American College of Cardiology's 64th Annual Scientific Session. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Use of the novel anticoagulant otamixaban did not reduce ischemic events compared with unfractionated heparin plus eptifibatide but increased bleeding among patients with non-ST-segment elevation acute coronary syndromes undergoing a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; procedures such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement used to open narrowed coronary arteries), according to a study published by JAMA. (sciencedaily.com)
  • Christopher Skelly, MD, assistant professor of vascular surgery at the University of Chicago Medical Center, and the study's lead author says, «One of the drawbacks of balloon angioplasty to open blocked arteries and the use of stents to keep them open is that arteries sometimes experience aggravation from the procedure. (uchospitals.edu)
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