balloon angioplasty

angioplasty /an·gio·plas·ty/ (an´je-o-plas″te) an angiographic procedure for elimination of areas of narrowing in the blood vessels.

---

balloon angioplasty  inflation and deflation of a balloon catheter inside an artery, stretching the intima and leaving a ragged interior surface, triggering a healing response and breaking up of plaque.

Balloon angioplasty, the expanded balloon pressing against a stenotic site in an artery.

percutaneous transluminal angioplasty  a type of balloon angioplasty in which the catheter is inserted through the skin and through the lumen of the vessel to the site of the narrowing.

percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty  (PTCA) percutaneous transluminal angioplasty to enlarge the lumen of a sclerotic coronary artery.

---

balloon angioplasty n. A procedure in which a catheter equipped with a tiny balloon at the tip is inserted into an artery that has been narrowed by the accumulation of fatty deposits. The balloon is then inflated to clear the blockage and widen the artery.

balloon angioplasty Top: uninflated balloon approaching obstructed artery Center: inflated balloon clearing atherosclerotic plaque Bottom: withdrawal of deflated balloon

---

Balloon angioplasty

The use of a balloon attached to a catheter to widen an artery that has become narrowed. As the balloon is inflated, it opens the artery.

Mentioned in: Atherectomy, Coronary Stenting

---

balloon angioplasty

[bəlo̅o̅n′]

a method of dilating or opening an obstructed blood vessel by threading a small, balloon-tipped catheter into the vessel. The balloon is inflated to compress arteriosclerotic lesions against the walls of the vessel, leaving a larger lumen, through which blood can pass. It is used in treating arteriosclerotic heart disease.

---

angioplasty [an´je-o-plas″te]

an angiographic procedure for elimination of areas of narrowing in blood vessels.

balloon angioplasty angioplasty in which a balloon catheter is inflated inside an artery, stretching the intima and leaving a ragged interior surface after deflation, which triggers a healing response and breaking up of plaque.

percutaneous transluminal angioplasty a type of balloon angioplasty in which the catheter is inserted through the skin and through the lumen of the vessel to the site of the narrowing.

percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) percutaneous transluminal angioplasty to enlarge the lumen of a sclerotic coronary artery (see accompanying illustration). This provides an alternative to cardiac bypass surgery for selected patients with ischemic heart disease. See also heart.

 Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). A, Balloon-tipped catheter positioned in blocked artery. B, Balloon is centered. C, Balloon expands to (D) compress blockage. E, Artery diameter opened. From Polaski and Tatro, 1996.

---

balloon angioplasty

Cardiology A minimally invasive procedure in which a catheter with an inflatable balloon tip is inserted through the femoral or brachiocephalic artery and 'snaked' to a previously identified–by angiography zone of arterial stenosis or occlusion. See Atherosclerosis, Cholesterol, Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Cf Stenting.