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What is a treatment where a thin tube is inserted into a artery and a balloon is inflated?
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What is the process called which involves the contraction of smooth muscle in the artery wall reducing the diameter of the lumen?
Vasoconstriction is normal contraction of smooth muscle in the artery wall.
What is the similarity between pulmonary vein and pulmonary artery?
They are both connected to the heart.
Highest oxygen concentration is found in the blood of the?
pulmonary arteries
What is the motion of the hand when creating a pulse?
You don't create it, you feel it. Your index finger rests gently on the radial artery.
Do arteries flow to the heart or away from the heart?
Arteries flow away from the heart. That's a technical answer. Some blood tubes that look like arteries flow into the heat to nourish it. Of interest is the pulmonary artery, the only artery to carry un-oxygenated blood. It carries blood to the lungs where it is oxygenated.
How is a coronary stent placed within the artery?
The stent is inserted into the artery with the balloon-tip catheter. When the stent is correctly positioned in the coronary artery, the balloon is inflated, expanding the stent against the walls of the coronary artery.
What is percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty?
A catheter tipped with a balloon is threaded from a blood vessel in the thigh into the blocked artery. The balloon is inflated, compressing the plaque to enlarge the blood vessel and open the blocked artery.
What is the function of the angioplasty?
Angioplasty is a popular method of surgery for curing blocks in the heart arteries due to plaque buildup. In this method a balloon catheter is injected into a narrow artery & later inflated to broaden the artery. Hence this method is also called balloon angioplasty.
Coronary artery stent?
A coronary artery stent is a small, metal mesh tube that is placed inside a coronary artery to help keep the artery open. To place the stent, a small incision is made in the groin area to reach the artery there. A catheter is guided through the groin artery into an area of the coronary artery which is blocked. The stent is inserted along with a balloon catheter and expands when the balloon is inflated. The stent is then left there to help keep the artery open.Reviewed ByReview Date: 03/21/2009David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
What is an angioplasty?
Essentially a long tube is inserted into an artery which leads to the heart. When it reaches the narrowing or partial blockage in the artery, which is creating a problem, a tiny 'balloon' at the end of the tube is inflated. This serves the purpose of pushing the walls of the artery further apart, to increase the diameter. The inflated 'balloon' also stretches a cylindrical structure made of metal mesh, which is located at the tip of the tube. The 'balloon' is then deflated and is removed along with the tube that it is attached to. The wire mesh structure, known as a stent, is left behind. The stent acts as a sort of miniature 'scaffold' which helps the to prevent the artery from narrowing again.
Describe percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty treatment for ischemia?
Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty is a nonsurgical procedure in which a catheter tipped with a balloon is threaded from a blood vessel in the thigh into the blocked artery to open the artery.
Coronary Artery Disease diagnosis and Treatment?
It can be diagnosed by checking blood pressure, also having an electrocardiogram is a common method of diagnosis. Treatment could include bypass surgery, drugs to control blood pressure, also, there is a procedure to inflate a small balloon inside an artery to widen it.
What is the treatment for severe narrowing of the sub clavicle artery?
Stent is the treatment for severe narrowing of the sub clavicle artery.
Where can one learn more about the coarctation of the aorta?
The word coarctation means narrowing. Coarctation of the aorta is narrowing of the aorta to an abnormal width. Severe narrowing of the aorta may lead to deficient amounts of blood flowing to the lower heart of the body. It is a heart defect which babies are born with so it cannot be prevented. Symptoms are dizziness, shortness of breath, feeling faint and chest pain. Treatment includes angioplasty where a small balloon is threaded into the blocked artery, in this case the aorta, and the balloon is inflated to widen the lumen of the artery. More information can be found at patient.co.uk as well as other online medical advice websites.
How do you cure MS disease?
In mitral stenosis, you put a deflated balloon through radial artery or femoral artery. Take the balloon to mitral valve and then inflate the same to brake the synechiae there, caused by rheumatic carditis. This procedure is called as balloon valvotomy.
What is a catheter inserted into an artery and not manipulated to a further order is termed?
Seldinger technique
What treatment is used for renovascular hypertension?
may not respond well to anti-hypertensive drugs. Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), where a balloon catheter is used to dilate the renal artery and remove the blockage,
