51. In balloon angioplasty, a catheter with a balloon tip is inserted into the artery to push the blockage aside. 52. In January, he underwent a balloon angioplasty to widen a narrowed coronary artery. 53. On Friday and for the second time this year, Lee underwent balloon angioplasty, which does not involve open-heart surgery. 54. On Saturday, doctors successfully opened up a coronary artery that had narrowed at two places using balloon angioplasty. 55. Previous studies have found that balloon angioplasty is superior to clot-dissolving drugs when it comes to treating heart attacks, offering better survival and fewer complications. 56. Stents are tiny scaffolds that prop open arteries after a patient undergoes balloon angioplasty to unclog arteries. 57. The procedure showed a blockage in a small artery that was opened by balloon angioplasty. 58. This tube can be used to perform a balloon angioplasty, a technique whereby a collapsed balloon is placed at the point of blockage and then inflated. 59. He successfully underwent a procedure known as balloon angioplasty to open up two narrowings in a coronary artery of his heart Saturday. 60. It was installed using a process called balloon angioplasty, which involves inserting a catheter through an incision. |