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Angioplasty
Angioplasty is a procedure used to open narrowed arteries that supply blood to the body. The blocked artery may be anywhere in the body. Your healthcare provider inserts a balloon catheter, a thin, flexible tube, into the narrowed or blocked arte...
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Angioplasty
Angioplasty Definition Angioplasty is a term describing a procedure used to widen vessels narrowed by stenoses or occlusions. There are various types of these procedures and their names are associated with the type of vessel entry and equipment used.
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Heart Angioplasty and Stent Placement
Overview Angioplasty and stent placement are common procedures to open clogged arteries in the heart. These procedures are formally known as coronary angioplasty or percutaneous coronary intervention. Angioplasty involves the use of a tiny balloon to
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Most Angioplasties Unneeded, According to New Study
Half a million patients a year with chest pain are getting unnecessarily or prematurely treated with stents to open blocked arteries when drugs are just as effective, according to an upcoming study in the New England Journal of Medicine.Stenting is a
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This Week's Interesting Links: Creating Medical Blogs, the FDA and Anemia Drugs, Governor Corzine's Doctors, & Angioplasty isn't like Plumbing
Here are some links that caught my eye over the last week:Clinical Cases and Images, an outstanding medical blog by Dr. Ves Dimov at the Cleveland Clinic, has a post on "How to start a medical blog in 2 minutes." It points to a video on YouTube by Go
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Quick Angioplasty Best After Heart Attacks
...recommendations that people who first get clot-dissolving treatment for heart attacks should have artery-opening angioplasty as soon as possible afterward. "This study strengthens the guideline recommendations," said Dr. Warren J. Cantor, an assistant...
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Angioplasty Outcomes May Vary Little Between Hospitals
24 (HealthDay News) -- Do hospitals that conduct the most angioplasties necessarily produce the best results for patients? Maybe not. Prior research had suggested that "practice makes perfect" when it comes to artery-opening procedures, but a new...
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Surgery Better Than Angioplasty for Narrowed Neck Artery
...latest results from the longest-running study yet confirm that surgery is better than artery-opening angioplasty in preventing strokes caused by blockage of the carotid artery, the largest vessel carrying blood to the brain. "In contrast with endovascular...
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Are Post-Angioplasty Stress Tests Unnecessary?
"There are very large populations of post-angioplasty and post-bypass patients; screening asymptomatic patients probably isn't useful," said lead researcher and cardiologist Dr. Thomas Marwick, of the Cleveland Clinic. Identifying at-risk...
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Giving Plavix Before Angioplasty May Cut Heart Attack Risk: Study
...recommended before patients with heart attack or unstable angina (chest pains) undergo procedures such as angioplasty and stenting. However, it hadn't been determined whether giving patients Plavix before these procedures improves their outcomes....
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