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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
The first catheter is exchanged out over the guidewire for a guiding catheter and the guidewire is removed. A smaller guidewire is advanced across the blocked section of the coronary artery and a balloon -tipped tube is positioned so the balloon part of the tube is beside the blockage. The balloon is then inflated for a few seconds to compress the blockage against the artery wall. Then the balloon is deflated. The doctor may repeat this a few times, each time pumping up the balloon a little more to widen the passage for the blood to flow through. This treatment may be repeated at each blocked site in the coronary arteries.
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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)
