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

Peripheral artery angioplasty is a procedure to treat peripheral ... He or she moves the balloon to the narrowed area and inflates it. The balloon presses the plaque against the walls of the artery.

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 ...

Balloon Catheter IndustryThe global balloon catheter industry is poised for significant expansion over the next decade, with a projected compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.3% from 2023 to 2033, ...

Instead, his team opted for angioplasty, adapting adult-sized equipment for Shilpa's smaller anatomy. "We used innovative ...

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

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 ...

This is the best suitable bail-out technique when after the initial main vessel stenting and side branch balloon angioplasty, the side branch result remains suboptimal or major dissection of the ...

Now angioplasty has been fine-tuned with the newest “boy” on the block – the Drug Eluting Balloon Catheter – not only overcoming certain limitations of stenting but also giving access to narrow blood ...

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 ...

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 ...