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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. Angioplasty is often followed by the placement of a small wire mesh tube called a stent. The stent helps prop the artery open and ...
The procedure involves temporarily inserting and inflating a tiny balloon into the clogged artery to widen the area so that blood can flow freely to your brain. Carotid angioplasty is often combined with another procedure called stenting.
Angioplasty involves temporarily inserting and inflating a tiny balloon where your artery is clogged to help widen the artery. Most stents used today are coated with a medication to help keep the artery open (drug eluting stents).
During angioplasty, a health care professional puts a tiny balloon in at the site of the blockage and expands it. This widens the narrowed artery. Usually a small metal coil called a stent is placed in the artery. The stent keeps the artery open. It also reduces the risk of renarrowing.
Coronary angioplasty and stents can open clogged blood vessels that deliver blood to heart muscles.
Angioplasty and stent placement. Angioplasty, also called percutaneous coronary intervention, increases blood flow through a blocked artery and decreases angina. During an angioplasty, a doctor inserts a thin, flexible tube called a catheter into a blood vessel, usually in the groin or wrist. A tiny balloon is on the end of the tube.
Carotid angioplasty and stenting opens a clogged artery to restore blood flow to the brain — and saves you from a stroke.
Video: Carotid angioplasty and stenting. In carotid angioplasty and stenting, a long hollow tube called a catheter is inserted in the femoral artery in the groin area. The catheter is then maneuvered through the arteries until it reaches the narrowing in the carotid artery in the neck.
Balloon angioplasty, with or without stenting. This treatment uses a catheter and a tiny balloon to open a narrowed artery in or near the heart. The catheter is inserted in either the wrist or groin.
Coronary angioplasty and stent placement. This treatment opens clogged blood vessels in the heart. A tiny balloon on a thin tube, called a catheter, is used to widen a clogged artery and improve blood flow.