balloon angioplasty

A procedure in which a catheter with a tiny balloon at the tip is inserted into an artery that has been narrowed by the accumulation of fatty deposits, and the balloon is inflated to widen the arterial opening.

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balloon angioplasty

Surgery to expand narrowed arteries by inserting a catheter.

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