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Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass graft surgery are the standard operations for opening narrowed or blocked arteries. They are known as revascularization procedures.
- Emergency angioplasty is the standard procedure for heart attacks and is more effective than the use of thrombolytic drugs for most patients. Unfortunately, not all communities have the facilities for emergency angioplasty. (A 2002 study suggested that in spite of the delay, transporting...
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