PTCA

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n.
Angioplasty performed to open a narrowed coronary artery, in which a balloon-tipped catheter is inserted into an artery in the groin or shoulder and threaded to the affected part. The balloon is inflated to flatten atherosclerotic plaque against the artery wall and reopen the artery.

[p(ercutaneous) t(ransluminal) c(oronary) a(ngioplasty).]

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The abbreviation PTCA may refer to:

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, a type of angioplasty
Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography

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