The motors could be used in machines to scour away plaque from the inside of clogged
arteries near the heart, or to power miniature probes for inspecting narrow pipes and tubes in manufacturing plants.
Not exact matches
In addition to the vascular calcification in the
arteries of his stomach and legs which had already been known about, the superior image allowed doctors to spot three small areas of calcification
near to the outflow tracts of the
heart which had hitherto escaped their notice.
Infraredx, Inc, successfully developed a multimodality
near - infrared spectroscopy and IVUS coronary catheter that can identify the lipid - rich and presumably vulnerable coronary
artery plaques that cause
heart attacks.
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near total blockage in a
heart artery known as the «widow maker.»