balloon dilation angioplasty

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• Angioplasty — Intervention Balloon angioplasty. ICD 9 CM …   Wikipedia

• Angioplasty — Procedure with a balloon tipped catheter to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery. Also called Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA). * * * Reconstitution or recanalization of a blood vessel; may involve balloon dilation,… …   Medical dictionary

• Balloon angioplasty — Coronary angioplasty is accomplished using a balloon tipped catheter inserted through an artery in the groin or arm to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery. Coronary artery disease occurs when cholesterol plaque builds up (atherosclerosis) in …   Medical dictionary

• balloon angioplasty — noun Date: 1980 dilation of an obstructed atherosclerotic artery by the passage of a balloon catheter through the vessel to the area of disease where inflation of the catheter s tip compresses the plaque against the vessel wall …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• BDA — balloon dilation angioplasty; British Dental Association * * * British Dental Association …   Medical dictionary

• BDA — • balloon dilation angioplasty; • British Dental Association …   Dictionary of medical acronyms & abbreviations

• cardiovascular disease — Introduction       any of the diseases, whether congenital or acquired, of the heart and blood vessels (blood vessel). Among the most important are atherosclerosis, rheumatic heart disease, and vascular inflammation. Cardiovascular diseases are a …   Universalium

• Coronary catheterization — A coronary angiogram (an X ray with radiocontrast in the coronary arteries) that shows the left coronary circulation. The distal left main coronary artery (LMCA) is in the left upper quadrant of the image. Its main branches (also visible) are the …   Wikipedia

• Drug-eluting stent — Intervention An example of a drug eluting stent. This is the TAXUS Express2 Paclitaxel Eluting Coronary Stent System, which releases paclitaxel. ICD 9 CM …   Wikipedia

• Collateralization — For uses of the word collateralization in finance, see Securitization and Cross collateralization. This article is about a pathological process. For the anastomosis between vessels in physiology, see Arteriovenous anastomosis. In medicine,… …   Wikipedia

• Cerebral aneurysm — Classification and external resources Diagram of cerebral aneurysm. ICD 10 I …   Wikipedia