Once inflated, an expandable mesh tube (called a stent) can be inserted to keep the vessel open. Balloon angioplasty is typically a scheduled procedure performed under local anesthesia.

Peripheral artery angioplasty is a procedure ... narrowed area and inflates it. The balloon presses the plaque against the walls of the artery. This makes more room for blood to flow. The doctor may ...

The stent delivery balloon from the angioplasty catheter is inflated with media to force contact between the struts of the stent and the vessel wall (stent apposition), thus widening the blood ...

Summary: The use of balloon angioplasty with or without coronary artery stenting is limited by the phenomenon of in-stent restenosis (ISR). Until very recently, most efforts to overcome ISR had ...

Several balloon-expandable stents have been used in the iliac artery ... stent placement is superior to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA) alone in maintaining patency of treated vessels ...

Severely calcified coronary artery lesions are encountered increasingly frequently in clinical practice. The technical challenges faced by the interventional cardiologist in the treatment of these ...

PCI of these lesions often requires novel devices, such as drug-eluting stents, hydrophilic guidewires ... inflation of an angioplasty balloon in a proximal side branch to stabilize the guide ...

Emergency text alerts, STEMI heart attack treatment evolution, and the race against time in cardiology procedures explained ...

Doctors often use minimally invasive procedures such as balloon angioplasty and stenting to relieve the narrowing and improve blood supply to the kidney and intestines. In severe cases, an abdominal ...

for the treatment of in-stent restenosis (ISR) continues to be safe and effective, with fewer events and repeat interventions compared with balloon angioplasty, 2-year data show. The Agent DCB (Boston ...

Bangladeshi cricketer Tamim Iqbal suffered a heart attack during a match Learn how emergency angioplasty saved his life and ...

A team from the University of Birmingham have conducted a five-year trial, with almost 500 participants, assessing different methods of restoring blood flow for patients suffering severe ischaemia ...