Angioplasty
the repair of a blood vessel, as by inserting a balloon-tipped catheter to unclog it or by replacing part of the vessel with either a piece of the patient’s own tissue or a prosthetic device:
coronary angioplasty to widen an artery blocked by plaque.
noun
a surgical technique for restoring normal blood flow through an artery narrowed or blocked by atherosclerosis, either by inserting a balloon into the narrowed section and inflating it or by using a laser beam
n.
by 1976, from angio- + -plasty.
angioplasty an·gi·o·plas·ty (ān’jē-ə-plās’tē)
n.
Surgical reconstruction of a blood vessel.
Balloon angioplasty.
angioplasty
(ān’jē-ə-plās’tē)
The surgical repair of a blood vessel, such as an obstructed coronary artery, usually by inflating a small balloon at the end of a catheter.
angioplasty [(an-jee-uh-plas-tee)]
A surgical technique in which a catheter containing a small balloon is inserted into arteries around the heart. The balloon is inflated to compress deposits of fatty substances blocking the artery, thereby restoring the flow of blood.
Note: Also called balloon therapy.
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