| PTCA |
Also known as balloon angioplasty, PTCA is used to dilate (widen) narrowed arteries. A catheter with a deflated balloon on its tip is passed into the narrowed part of the blocked artery. Then the balloon is inflated, and the narrowed area widened.
출처: www.glendalememorial.com/HeartCenter/cterms6.html
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| PTCA |
Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty, commonly called balloon angioplasty. This procedure is performed to improve coronary blood flow that is slowed by blockages. To perform this procedure, a catheter with a balloon on its tip is passed into the coronary blockage. The balloon is inflated, cracking and splitting the plaque and stretching the wall of the coronary vessel to allow more blood flow to the heart muscle.
출처: www.austinheart.com/patients_mi_mt.html
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| PTCA |
A nonsurgical approach to clear a blockage in a coronary artery. A thin plastic tube (catheter) is passed from a puncture site in your groin or arm to the blocked artery in your heart. With the aid of a radiographic technique called fluoroscopy, your doctor is able to see on a television monitor the progression of the catheter through your artery. Once it reaches the blocked area, a tiny balloon attached to the catheter is inflated to open up the blockage. ...
출처: www.ynhh.org/cardiac/glossary/
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| PTCA |
Procedure performed by a cardiologist to clear the blockage of a coronary artery.
출처: mercyweb.org/heartcenter/patientguide/index.aspx
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| PTCA |
also known as balloon angioplasty: non- surgical alternative to a CABG. It involves passing a long tube with a small balloon on the end through blood vessels, inflating the balloon and expanding a narrowed artery.
출처: www.ctsu.ox.ac.uk/~hps/fact_glos.shtml
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