ANGIOPLASTY

ănˈjēōplăsˌtē, any surgical repair of a blood vessel, especially balloon angioplasty or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, a treatment of coronary artery disease. In balloon angioplasty a balloon-tipped catheter is inserted through the skin into a blood vessel and maneuvered to the clogged portion of the artery. There it is threaded into the blockage and inflated, compressing the plaque against the arterial walls. Frequent postoperative reclogging (restenosis) of the treated area has led to the use of alternative techniques such as laser angioplasty, which employs a laser to burn away or vaporize the plaque, and to the study of various drugs, gene therapies, and mechanical devices such as a stainless steel coil, or stent (sometimes coated with a drug that inhibits restenosis), designed to hold the plaque back.

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books on: Angioplasty  - 210 results

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Heart Disease in Women
Book by Susan Wilansky, James T. Willerson; Churchill Livingstone, 2002
Subjects: Heart Diseases In Women
...11.4 Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty 212 Paolo Angelini...proliferation occurring with restenosis after coronary artery angioplasty, leading to coronary artery luminal diameter narrowing and...
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Hurst's the Heart: Manual of Cardiology
Book by Robert A. O'Rourke, Valentin Fuster, R. Wayne Alexander, Robert Roberts, Spencer B. King III, Hein J. J. Wellens; McGraw-Hill, 2001
Subjects: Cardiovascular System--Diseases, Heart--Diseases
...120 min that required percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Patient B had successful thrombolysis within 60...controversial in those ?75 yo Prior symptoms ? Angina Direct angioplasty Lifesaving in high- volume centers Symptoms More often...
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Hypertension in Diabetes
Book by Bryan Williams; Martin Dunitz, 2003
Subjects: Hypertension
...are also reported to have higher rates of restenosis after angioplasty than non-diabetics and those with more severe diabetes and...and late outcome after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Circulation 1995; 91 : 979-89. 31. Lawrie...
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Progress against Heart Disease
Book by Fred C. Pampel, Seth Pauley; Praeger, 2004
Subjects: Heart--Diseases--Popular Works
...example, anticlotting drugs, heart catheterization, and angioplasty can help deal with the coronary problems that often underlie...up a small balloon at the site of the blockage (called angioplasty) can reduce the blockage, and propping open the artery...
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Non-Medical Influences upon Medical Decision-Making and Referral Behavior: An Annotated Bibliography
Book by Darren Flynn; Praeger, 2003
Subjects: Medical Referral--Psychological Aspects--Bibliography, Medicine And Psychology--Bibliography, Medicine--Decision Making--Psychological Aspects--Bibliography, Physician And Patient--Bibliography
...coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery and coronary angioplasty (CA) Outcomes (hospital based analyses) -Age-sex adjusted...graft (CABG) surgery and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) Methods Design -Retrospective analysis...
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journal articles on: Angioplasty  - 90 results

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The Diffusion of a Medical Innovation: Is Success in the Stars?
Journal article by Mary A. Burke, Gary M. Fournier, Kislaya Prasad; Southern Economic Journal, Vol. 73, 2007
Subjects: Diffusion of innovations--Forecasts and trends, Medical innovations--Forecasts and trends
...coronary artery in the process of balloon angioplasty, in order to keep the artery open...coronary artery) in the year following angioplasty. Stent use spread to a large proportion (about 90%) of angioplasty patients within a relatively brief...
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Drug-Coated Biomaterials Prevent Artery Reblockage: Human Ecology Scientist Brings Cornell New Inventions in Biomedical Technology and $1.75 Million
Journal article by Susan S. Lang; Human Ecology, Vol. 31, 2004
Subjects: Biomaterials--Research, Biomedical materials--Research, Chu, Chih-Chang--Research, Heart surgery--Research
...artery reblockage following balloon angioplasty and stent surgery in patients with coronary...blockage is a number-one killer. Balloon angioplasty and bypass surgery are the two standard...blockage. There are 2 million balloon angioplasty procedures done annually worldwide...
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Psychological, Social, and Medical Factors Affecting Rehabilitation Following Coronary Bypass Surgery
Journal article by Daniel L. Mcmurray; The Journal of Rehabilitation, Vol. 64, 1998
Subjects: Cardiovascular surgery, Cardiovascular system, Coronary artery bypass--Psychological aspects, Rehabilitation research--Analysis, Surgery
...percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, and medical (drug) treatment. Each...noted percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is a less invasive procedure. Due to...through percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is equaled by individuals receiving...
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Rethinking Informed Consent: the Case for Shared Medical Decision-making[Dagger]
Journal article by Jaime Staples King, Benjamin W. Moulton; American Journal of Law and Medicine, Vol. 32, 2006
Subjects: Decision making, Informed consent, Medical practices, Physicians
...nearly four times as likely to receive angioplasty, a procedure that places a balloon catheter...are concerned that the high rate of angioplasty is the result of financial incentives...Medical Center about $11,000 for an angioplasty procedure that also includes the insertion...
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Empirically Mapping the Subspecialties of Cardiovascular-interventional Technology
Journal article by Mark R. Raymond, Charles O. Williams; Journal of Allied Health, Vol. 33, 2004
...11 Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty first was performed in 1978.12,13 This...arteries that had been opened with the angioplasty balloons.15 As the medical side of...included activities such as "neurologic angioplasty" and "coronary angiography." The questionnaire...
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magazine articles on: Angioplasty  - 102 results

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Weighing Surgery vs. Angioplasty
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 126, October 1997
Subjects: Balloon angioplasty--Evaluation, Heart, Heart surgery, Surgery, Transluminal angioplasty--Evaluation
Weighing Surgery vs. Angioplasty. A 1996 study of 934 patients...less-invasive procedure called balloon angioplasty. Unlike earlier studies, which just...patients with three blocked vessels and angioplasty for patients with one blocked vessels...
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Medication or Angioplasty? Two Approaches to Treating Heart Disease Are at the Center of a Heated Debate
Magazine article; Ebony, Vol. 62, June 2007
Subjects: Angioplasty--Research, Cardiovascular agents--Research, Heart diseases--Care and treatment, Medical research, Medicine, Experimental
Medication or Angioplasty? Two Approaches to Treating Heart...is more effective, medication or angioplasty, when it comes to dealing with certain...just as effective as artery-opening angioplasty that sometimes includes the insertion...
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Predicting Success of Coronary Artery Surgery
Magazine article; USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), Vol. 130, October 2001
Subjects: Angioplasty--Evaluation, Coronary artery bypass--Evaluation
...will benefit from bypass surgery or angioplasty. The investigators, led by Northwestern...scheduled to have bypass surgery or coronary angioplasty. The procedure boosted image intensity...recovered following bypass surgery or angioplasty, whereas "bright" areas did not. The...
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Recent Drug, Biologic Approvals
Magazine article; FDA Consumer, Vol. 29, March 1995
Subjects: Amgen Inc.--Product information, Angioplasty--Drug therapy, Antineoplastic agents--Product development, Burroughs Wellcome Co.--Product information, Centocor Inc.--Product information, Diabetes therapy, Glucophage (Medication)--Product development, Hypoglycemic agents--Product development, Lipha Pharmaceuticals Co.--Product information, Lung cancer, Non-small cell--Drug therapy, Monoclonal antibodies--Licensing agreements, Navelbine (Medication)--Product development, Neupogen (Medication)--Licensing agreements, Neutropenia--Drug therapy, Non-small cell lung cancer--Drug therapy, Pharmaceutical industry--Product information, ReoPro (Medication)--Licensing agreements, Therapeutics, Type 2 diabetes--Drug therapy
...Reopro (abciximab), licensed for use in patients undergoing angioplasty who are at high risk of complications from this procedure...licensed the first in 1986.) Its estimated that about 120,000 angioplasty patients each year will be candidates for treatment with...
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Balloons to Bypass Bypass Surgery
Magazine article by Evelyn Zamula; FDA Consumer, Vol. 22, May 1988
Subjects: Balloon angioplasty--Case studies, Cardiac patients, Coronary artery bypass--Innovations, Surgery, Transluminal angioplasty--Case studies
...Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Quite a mouthful to say and practically...common name for the procedure, balloon angioplasty, is not only easier to pronounce, but...in this medical technique. Balloon angioplasty is an increasingly important alternative...
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Ely Gets Better after Angioplasty
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, September 3, 2008
Subjects: Angioplasty, Health care industry, Philippine Heart Center
Ely Gets Better after Angioplasty. But when we got there at past...days at least because he just had angioplasty that same morning. It turned out...morning. But the doctors recommended angioplasty right away instead," Day told us...
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Special OIC Envoy Undergoes Angioplasty, Fails to Make RP Trip
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, February 27, 2007
Subjects: Ambassadors, Angioplasty
Special OIC Envoy Undergoes Angioplasty, Fails to Make RP Trip. Byline...schedule because he has undergone an angioplasty operation. Egypt Embassy Third...that is true. He (El-Masry) had angioplasty operation yesterday, OIC Secretariat...
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My Hubby Is Terrified about His Angioplasty; WRITE TO:Sunday Mail, One Central Quay, Glasgow, G3 8DA E-MAIL: G.Smith@sundaymail.Co.UK
Newspaper article; Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland), October 18, 2009
Subjects: Angioplasty, Electronic mail systems, Email
My Hubby Is Terrified about His Angioplasty; WRITE TO:Sunday Mail, One Central Quay, Glasgow, G3 8DA E-MA...husband had a heart attack recently and needs to have an angioplasty. He is terrified. Can you tell me what this is? A Done under...
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Angioplasty vs. Drugs: Which Is Right for Your Heart?
Newspaper article by Susan Stevens; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), April 16, 2007
Angioplasty vs. Drugs: Which Is Right for Your Heart? by Susan...clenches in pain, you want your doctor to fix it, fast. An angioplasty, the preferred treatment, can prop open those clogged...12 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine found angioplasty is no better than medication in saving the lives of...
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Coronary Angioplasty
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, May 14, 2004
Coronary Angioplasty. What is coronary angioplasty? How does it differ from bypass surgery? Luis M., Manila Coronary angioplasty and coronary artery bypass surgery are non-medical treatment modalities that are used in advanced cases...
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Angioplasty
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ANGIOPLASTY an jeoplas te, any surgical repair of a blood vessel, especially balloon angioplasty or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, a treatment of coronary artery disease . In balloon angioplasty a balloon-tipped catheter...
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Balloon Angioplasty
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY see under angioplasty . ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Angina Pectoris
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...taken from elsewhere in the body to the affected coronary arteries in such a way that the clogged areas are bypassed. In angioplasty , a balloon-tipped catheter is inserted through the skin into a blood vessel and maneuvered to the clogged artery. There...
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Coronary Artery Disease
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...strict low-fat diet, stress management, and exercise has been found to reverse the disease. The most common procedure is angioplasty with a balloon catheter. The use of the balloon catheter often can be complicated by cracks or weakening of the walls of...
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Surgery
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...bladder surgery, and it has been used on the fetus in the womb to correct life-threatening birth defects before birth. Angioplasty is frequently used to circumvent or postpone the need for coronary artery bypass. Bibliography See O. H. Wangensteen...
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