Angioplasty

Angioplasty Angioplasty is a procedure in which a cardiologist inserts a balloon catheter into a blocked artery. The blockage may be in an artery in your arm or leg, or in a coronary artery (a blood vessel supplying blood to the heart).

Laser Heart Surgeries: Opening Blocked Arteries Most of the 150,000 Americans with severe coronary artery disease (CAD) have some degree of angina. Angina is a recurring pain or discomfort in the chest that occurs when the heart's need for oxygen increases beyond the oxygen available...

Invasive Cardiology: An Exciting And Evolving Field That Could Save Your Life Cardiology is a branch of medicine concerned with the heart and diseases that affect it. Invasive cardiology is a special aspect of cardiology that uses invasive procedures to treat heart disease...

Drop in heart disease due to treatment, lifestyle changes A drop in heart attack deaths in many countries around the world during the 1980s and 1990s is due in part to a decline in some risk factors and better treatments for heart disease...

Drug helps diabetics survive angioplasty While diabetics currently face higher-than-average odds of dying after certain heart procedures...

Drug helps prevent heart attacks after angioplasty When it comes to preventing heart attacks, people with the crushing chest pain known as angina may benefit from taking an ACE inhibitor drug in addition to having angioplasty, researchers report...

Bypass prevents heart deaths in diabetics Diabetics who have a heart attack are much more likely to survive if they have previously had bypass surgery than if they have had another procedure called balloon angioplasty, according to a new report...

Blood pressure drugs as good as angioplasty For people who have a diseased kidney artery, which can cause high blood pressure, balloon angioplasty is no better than medications for keeping blood pressure under control, according to a new report...

Artery procedure death rates drop at small hospitals Deaths following a common procedure to unblock heart arteries are still more common at smaller hospitals than at hospitals where the procedure is routine, but the gap has narrowed considerably, according to a new study...