transluminal angiography
transluminal angiography
Balloon angioplasty A general term for any procedure in which a device is introduced into an artery in order to dilate it and ↑ its internal diameter; TA is used both to establish the diagnosis of vascular occlusion–narrowing and to treat the conditionMcGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.