balloon angioplasty

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meaningsofballoonandangioplasty

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balloon
noun[C]
uk
/bəˈluːn/us
/bəˈluːn/
a small, thin rubber bag that you blow air into or fill with a light gas until it is round in shape, used for decoration, as a children's toy, or for other purposes such as medical treatment or scientific ...
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angioplasty
noun[U or C]
uk
/ˈæn.dʒi.əʊˌplæs.ti/us
/ˈæn.dʒi.oʊˌplæs.ti/
a medical operation to remove something blocking an artery (= thick tube carrying blood from the heart) in a person who ...
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(Definition ofballoonandangioplastyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In individual cases, nonetheless, localized stenoses appeared to be effectively dilated as evidenced by the angiographic findings afterballoonangioplasty.
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Three of these 5 patients were redilated successfully by secondballoonangioplasty.
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Aortic constriction was treated withballoonangioplasty(6), surgery thenballoonangioplasty(4), or surgery alone (1).
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Complications withballoonangioplastywere need for transfusions in two and femoral arterial compromise in two.
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Now that closure methods using a catheter, likeballoonangioplasty, are confronting common anomalies, they are occupying more of the energies of the pediatric cardiologist.
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The recent introduction ofballoonangioplastyprovides yet another palliative option for young symptomatic infants presenting prior to the optimal age for primary repair.
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Percutaneousballoonangioplastyfor recoarctation of the aorta is immediately effective in reducing pressure gradients.
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Sequentialballoonangioplastythen permitted gradual enlargement of the newly created channel, and subsequent placement of stents established a persistently wide venoatrial communication.
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Balloonangioplasty(balloon diameter 15 mm) of the stenosis in the left pulmonary artery was unsuccessful.
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All patients had imaging studies before and afterballoonangioplasty.
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In most children this can be treated successfully withballoonangioplasty.
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Other methods of promise include the use of stents to maintain patency of vessels which do not respond toballoonangioplasty.
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This stent procedure may be applicable to small infants with branch pulmonary artery stenoses, obviating the need for early surgical orballoonangioplastytechniques.
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Also, bothballoonangioplastyand valvuloplasty procedures can be performed effectively to the patients with aortic coarctation and stenosis.
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The balloon expandable intravascular stent is designed to support the vascular walls when the stenotic shape recurs immediately after aballoonangioplastyprocedure.
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It is loaded onto a standardballoonangioplastycatheter and manipulated into the stenotic area.
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Of the patients, 13 had no significant stenosis, while 25 had significant stenoses and, therefore, underwentballoonangioplasty.
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Success rate ofballoonangioplastyfor pulmonary artery stenosis was 50% (19 of 38 dilations).
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