Medically reviewed by Jenny A. Dhingra, MD Balloon angioplasty, also known as percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), is ...

UK (30 Aug.–2 Sept.). "Drug-coated balloon angioplasty failed to achieve noninferiority compared to standard treatment with ...

Summary: The use of balloon angioplasty with or without coronary artery stenting is limited by the phenomenon of in-stent restenosis (ISR). Until very recently, most efforts to overcome ISR had ...

Peripheral artery angioplasty is a procedure ... narrowed area and inflates it. The balloon presses the plaque against the walls of the artery. This makes more room for blood to flow. The doctor may ...

During an angioplasty procedure, doctors open the blocked artery with a balloon catheter and insert a stent to keep the artery open and blood flowing effectively. The stent permanently remains in ...

During angioplasty of the renal artery, a catheter is inserted and moved to the site of the stenosis. Then a balloon is inflated to improve vessel patency. With stenting, a stent (usually made of ...

Doctors often use minimally invasive procedures such as balloon angioplasty and stenting to relieve the narrowing and improve blood supply to the kidney and intestines. In severe cases, an abdominal ...

AngioDynamics, Inc. announced the commencement of the AMBITION BTK multicenter randomized controlled trial (RCT), which will ...

A stent is a small mesh tube inserted into an artery that has been narrowed by plaque build-up. In the US, nearly two million stents are implanted every year, and they can be life-saving during a ...