ANGIOPLASTY/STENTING
Angioplasty, also known as balloon angioplasty and percutaneous transluminal angioplasty, is a minimally invasive, endovascular procedure to widen narrowed or obstructed arteries or veins, typically to treat arterial atherosclerosis.
Percutaneous coronary intervention is a procedure used to treat narrowing of the coronary arteries of the heart found in coronary artery disease. During an angioplasty, a thin tube into a blood vessel will be advanced to the coronary arteries. A tiny balloon inside the clogged artery will inflate to reopen it. Often, a tiny mesh tube called a stent may be used to maintain patency.
Your doctor may recommend an angioplasty if you have coronary heart disease and/or have: 1) Chest pain that does not get better when you take medicines. 2) One or more heart arteries that are very narrow.
- Category
- Services, Treatments
- Type of services
- Cardiac
