Angioplasty Definition

ănjē-ə-plăstē
angioplasties
noun
The surgical reconstruction of a blood vessel.
American Heritage
The repair or replacement of damaged blood vessels by surgery or by a nonsurgical technique such as balloon angioplasty.
Webster's New World
Surgical repair of a blood vessel, especially the widening of a narrowed blood vessel by means of balloon angioplasty.
American Heritage Medicine

(surgery) The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.

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Other Word Forms of Angioplasty

Noun

Singular:
angioplasty
Plural:
angioplasties

Origin of Angioplasty

  • angio- +‎ -plasty.

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Angioplasty Sentence Examples

  • Heart patients are referred to the unit if they need an angiogram or angioplasty.

  • He was taken by ambulance to The London Chest Hospital where he underwent an emergency angioplasty.

  • Coronary artery angioplasty and bypass before elective surgery 21 elective patients had coronary angiography.

  • Accelerated atherosclerosis may occur following balloon angioplasty, placement of an arterial stent, and following transplantation.

  • To many interventional cardiologists, this evidence will not be strong enough to change their practice of using rescue angioplasty in selected cases only.

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