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What is the medical term meaning passage of a balloon catheter through the lumen of an occluded coronary vessel to compress plaque against the arterial walls?
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Angioplasty or balloon angioplasty is the medical term meaning passage of a balloon catheter through the lumen of an occluded coronary vessel to compress plaque against the arterial walls.
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Which coronary artery is most likely occluded in the coronary circulation?
Which coronary artery is most likely occluded
Which surgical procedure is done to provide the myocardium with a new source of blood supply when a coronary artery is occluded?
Coronary artery bypass graft is the procedure done to provide the myocardium with a new source of blood supply when a coronary artery is occluded.
Which surgical procedure is done toprovide the myocardium with a new source of blood supply when a coronary artery is occluded?
Coronary artery bypass graft is the procedure done to provide the myocardium with a new source of blood supply when a coronary artery is occluded.
How are coronary arteries involved in a heart attack?
A blocked (occluded) coronary artery is what causes a heart attack.
What is meant by 'in series vs in parallels' when talking about the heart?
If you resect out an occluded section of coronary artery then anastomose a vein to re-connect, that is serial.If you graft a section of vein across a partially occluded artery without resecting that segment, that would be parallel.
What is occluded?
occluded is occluded
What acucurs in a myocardial infarction?
A myocardial infraction is occurs when both coronary thrombosis and coronary embolism , a blood clot occludes or plugs up some parts of the coronary artery. Blood can not pass through the occluded vessel and so cannot reach the heart muscle cells it normally supplies, it deprived of oxygen, and the cells soon become damaged.
What is an expandable meshlike structure that is used to keep partially occluded vessels open?
A stent, an expandable mesh-like structure is placed over the angioplasty site to keep the coronary open.
How do you use occluded in a sentence?
The wad of paper occluded the toilet
What is a occluded called?
Occluded mean blocked.The artery was 50% occluded.The occluded blood vessel created a medical emergency.
Describe the weather before and after an occluded front?
The weather before an occluded front is usually warm and humid. After an occluded front, the air is typically drier and cooler.
What kind of front is created when a cold front overtakes a warm front?
It's an occluded front.occluded front.When a cold front overtakes a warm front, the warm air mass is lifted entirely off the ground and an occluded front forms.This is an occluded front.An occluded front occurs
