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Angioplasty and Stents

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), usually simply called angioplasty, involves opening the blocked artery.

Click the icon to see an animation about percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

A typical angioplasty procedure follows these steps:

The surgeon threads a narrow catheter (a tube) containing a fiber optic camera directly to the blocked vessel.
The doctor opens the blocked vessel using balloon angioplasty, in which the surgeon passes a tiny de...

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Expert & Community Posts

“Stent Wars": Everything You Need to Know About Stents

By Dr. Larry Weinrauch , Health Expert

Drug eluting stents and bare metal stents are in the news these days, especially on the business... Read more »

Coronary Angioplasty, Stents, and Other Relics of the Paleolithic Age

By Dr. William Davis , Health Expert

...Hospital heart procedures like balloon angioplasty, stent implantation, atherectomy, coronary... Read more »

Is the Memokath Stent a Good Option for Enlarged Prostate?

By Jay Motola , Health Expert

...He has now suggested that he "implant" a Memokath Stent to handle the urethral stricture (my... Read more »

Drug Coated Stents

By Deanne Stein , Health Expert

...safety is in question.It’s called a drug-coated stent. Millions of chest pain and heart... Read more »

A Tale of Two Stent Studies

By Craig Stoltz , Health Expert

...Press--and by the same reporter: New Study: Drug-Coated Stents Not So Bad, Sept. 2... Read more »

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Health Guide

Angioplasty Patient Guide: Find Angioplasty Information

...and angioplasty means "blood vessel repair." Other techniques to relieve coronary narrowing, such as stents, are called percutanous coronary interventions (PCI). Angioplasty involves creating... Read more »

Heart Attack Patient Guide, Part I: Symptoms

...will allow more blood to flow through. In order to keep the blood vessel open a small device called a stent may be placed in the coronary artery. A stent is a small tubular scaffolding that is... Read more »

Coronary Artery Disease: Highlights

...drug combination is still important for many patients with heart disease, especially those who undergo stenting. Do not stop taking clopidogrel without talking to your doctor.Statin DrugsStatin... Read more »

Coronary Artery Disease: References

...2006;144(4):229-238.Holmes DR Jr, Teirstein P, Satler L, Sketch M, O'Malley J, Popma JJ, et al. Sirolimus-eluting stents vs vascular brachytherapy for in-stent restenosis within bare-metal stents:... Read more »

Heart Attack and Acute Coronary Syndrome: Highlights

...England Journal of Medicine. Moreover, high doses of these vitamins may be harmful for patients who have stents in their coronary arteries.NSAIDs and COX-2 InhibitorsPeople who have previously had... Read more »

Images

Surgical Procedures - Coronary artery stent

Coronary artery stent images. See images of a coronary artery stent.... Read more »

Related News

Study: Save Limbs With Stents

March 30, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Interventional radiologists are revealing new information about the use of drug-eluting stents used to treat critical limb... Read summary »

The Stent Debate

January 21, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- New research suggests doctors may be implanting too many artery-opening stents. A new study says patient outcomes could... Read summary »

New Findings about Drug-Covered Stents

January 12, 2009

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Drug eluting stents (DES) have been a topic of debate in the cardiovascular realm. Now, new research offers promising findings,... Read summary »

Stroke Treatment Unclogs Neck Arteries

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(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Now, there is a minimally invasive and effective treatment option for patients suffering from clogged neck arteries -- a... Read summary »

Drug-eluting stents don't up clot risk: study

April 13, 2009

A new large study has found that there does not appear to be an increased risk of clots inside drug-eluting heart stents. This type of clot--called a... Read summary »

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