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  2. Angioplasty - Wikipedia

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    The initial form of angioplasty was 'plain old balloon angioplasty' without stenting, until the invention of bare metal stents in the mid-1980s to prevent the abrupt closure that sometimes occurred plain old balloon angioplasty. [1] Bare metal stents were found to cause in-stent restenosis as a result of neointimal hyperplasia and stent ...

  3. Balloon catheter - Wikipedia

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    When a balloon catheter is used to compress plaque within a clogged coronary artery, it is referred to as a plain old balloon angioplasty or POBA. [1] Balloon catheters are also utilized in the deployment of stents during angioplasty. Balloon catheters are supplied to the cath lab with a stent pre-mounted on the balloon. When the cardiologist ...

  4. Percutaneous coronary intervention - Wikipedia

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    Balloon angioplasty is the inflation of a balloon (often part of an integrated medical device combining a balloon, guidewire, and stent) within the coronary artery to 'crush' the plaque causing the occlusion into the walls of the artery. Balloon angioplasty is still often performed as a part of PCI procedure, it is rarely the only activity ...

  5. History of invasive and interventional cardiology - Wikipedia

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    Stent technology improved rapidly, and in 1989 the Palmaz-Schatz balloon-expandable intracoronary stent was developed. [24] [25] Initial results with the Palmaz-Schatz stents were excellent when compared to balloon angioplasty, with a significantly lower incidence of abrupt closure and peri-procedure heart attack. [26]

  6. Pulmonary artery stenosis - Wikipedia

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    The benefits of stents is long term efficacy and the prevention of long term heart disease. Stents improved right side heart pressures, blood flow to the lungs, and pressure difference between the right and left sides. Stents can last up to 15 years, much longer than balloon angioplasty. Stents have the lowest rate of restenosis, at 2-3%. [4]

  7. Balloon pulmonary angioplasty - Wikipedia

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    Balloon pulmonary angioplasty (BPA) is an emerging minimally invasive procedure to treat chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH) in people who are not suitable for pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) or still have residual pulmonary hypertension and areas of narrowing in the pulmonary arterial tree following previous PTE.

  8. Restenosis - Wikipedia

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    Rates of restenosis differ between devices (e.g., stent-grafts, balloon angioplasty, etc.) and location of procedure (i.e., centrally located in the heart, such as the coronary artery, or in peripheral vessels such as the popliteal artery in the leg, the pudendal artery in the pelvis, or the carotid artery in the neck).

  9. Stent - Wikipedia

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    Coronary stents are placed during a coronary angioplasty.The most common use for coronary stents is in the coronary arteries, into which a bare-metal stent, a drug-eluting stent, a bioabsorbable stent, a dual-therapy stent (combination of both drug and bioengineered stent), or occasionally a covered stent is inserted.