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- Coronary artery balloon angioplasty - 1
- Coronary artery balloon angioplasty - 2
- Coronary artery balloon angioplasty - 3
- Coronary artery balloon angioplasty - 4
- Coronary artery balloon angioplasty - 5
- Coronary artery balloon angioplasty - 6
- Coronary artery balloon angioplasty - 7
- Coronary artery balloon angioplasty - 8
- Coronary artery balloon angioplasty - 9
Next, a diagnostic catheter, which is a long narrow tube, is advanced through the introducer over a .035"guidewire, into the blood vessel. This catheter is then guided to the aorta and the guidewire is removed. Once the catheter is placed in the opening or ostium of one of the coronary arteries, the doctor injects dye and takes a series of X-rays (film of the images).
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Coronary artery balloon angioplasty - 5
Review Date: 05/20/2011
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical
Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
