a noninvasive procedure where a balloon-tipped catheter is introduced into a diseased blood vessel

Catheter with a balloon at its tip is inserted into a blocked artery; the balloon is expanded to widen the artery, allowing blood flow; the catheter is then removed.

A technique in which a thin catheter, that has an inflatable balloon on its tip, is inserted into an artery. Under x-ray control, the catheter is guided into the narrowed portion of an artery where atherosclerotic plaque has accumulated. The balloon is inflated and the plaque is crushed and flattened to restore the lumen of the artery and permit blood to flow more freely.

a procedure during which a small balloon at the tip of the catheter (see cardiac catheterization) is inflated while in an artery to stretch a narrowed artery open and increase blood flow

A procedure in which a catheter is inserted into a narrowed artery. A tiny balloon at the tip of the catheter is inflated to clear the blockage and widen the artery.

a procedure in which a small balloon is blown up inside a narrowed area of an artery, in order to widen the area of blockage.

a procedure that uses a balloon-tipped catheter to open an artery narrowed or blocked by plaque.

Balloon angioplasty is a procedure performed by cardiologists to help open narrowings in the coronary arteries. This procedure requires cardiac catheterization and involves passing a catheter with a balloon into the artery. The balloon is then blown up in the artery to eliminate the narrow area.

Opening the blocked artery by using a balloon catheter that is inflated inside the vessel.  A catheter is a small, thin plastic tube used to provide access to parts of the body, such as the coronary arteries.

technically, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). An invasive procedure in which a specially designed catheter with a small balloon tip is guided through an artery to a point of narrowing. Once in place, the balloon is inflated to compress the fatty matter into the artery wall and widen the artery, increasing blood flow to the heart. About 70 to 90 percent of PTCA procedures also involve the placement of a stent (see coronary stenting).

Enlarging a narrowed artery by inflating a balloon inside the narrowed vessel thereby increasing blood flow through the vessel.

A medical procedure in which a balloon is used to open narrowed or blocked blood vessels of the heart (coronary arteries).

A procedure that uses a catheter (tube) with a balloon in the tip to open up a narrowed valve or blood vessel.

Widening of an artery performed by passing a catheter with a tiny balloon attached to the end of a catheter, up an artery to the site of the blockage. The baloon is inflated against the arterial wall widening the sessel as the blockage is flattened. (also known as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty [PTCA]).

a procedure used to widen narrowed arteries. The procedure uses a catheter with a deflated balloon at the tip that is inserted into the narrowed part of the artery. The balloon is then inflated, causing the artery to dilate (widen). barium - a metallic, chemical, chalky, liquid used to coat the inside of organs so that they will show up on an x-ray.

A procedure to open clogged arteries. A catheter, positioned in the narrowed coronary artery, has a tiny balloon at its tip. The balloon is inflated and deflated to stretch or break open the narrowing and improve the passage for blood flow. The balloon-tipped catheter is then removed. (Read about angioplasty in " The Heart & Cardiovascular System" also read about " Coronary Heart Disease" " Heart Attack")

See angioplasty in this glossary.

A procedure in which a balloon is inserted into a narrowed area of a blood vessel. When the balloon is inflated, the narrowed area is stretched open and then the balloon is removed.

a method for widening a vein that is too narrow. A catheter with a balloon on the end is threaded into the narrow vein, and the balloon is expanded

A procedure in which plaque in the coronary arteries is compressed by a balloon that is inserted through a thin tube called a catheter and then inflated.

A surgical procedure for re-opening a clogged artery. A balloon is attached to a tube and inserted into a blocked or narrowed artery. When it reaches the site of the blockage it is inflated to re-open the passage way.

Angioplasty in which a tiny balloon is attached to the end of a catheter and is inflated against the arterial walls to flatten plaque (also known as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty [PTCA]).

A procedure in which a balloon-tipped catheter is used to widen a narrowed coronary artery.

Coronary artery balloon dilation to widen arteries by inflating a deflated balloon.

See Coronary Angioplasty.

a treatment to widen a blood vessel severely narrowed by plaque. An inflatable device is inserted past the narrowed path of the blood vessel and is inflated, forcing the narrowed vessel open.

Opening a blocked artery by using a balloon catheter that is inflated inside the vessel. A catheter is a thin plastic tube used to access various parts of the body, such as the coronary arteries. A treatment device – such as a stent – is often attached to the catheter.