Angioplasty
Angioplasty is a procedure used to widen, or dilate, arteries narrowed by plaque buildup. Your doctor may call this procedure balloon angioplasty, coronary artery balloon dilation, or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, called PTCA for short.
- What Is Coronary Angioplasty?
- Who Needs Coronary Angioplasty?
- How Is Coronary Angioplasty Done?
- What To Expect Before Coronary Angioplasty
- What To Expect After Coronary Angioplasty
- What Are the Risks of Coronary Angioplasty?
- Key Points - Angioplasty
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What Is Coronary Angioplasty?
Coronary angioplasty is a procedure used to widen, or dilate, arteries narrowed by plaque buildup. Your doctor may call this procedure balloon angioplasty, coronary artery balloon dilation, or percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, called PTCA for short.
Atherosclerosis is a condition in which a material called plaque (plak) builds up on the inner walls of the arteries. This can happen in any artery, including the coronary arteries. The coronary arteries carry oxygen-rich blood to your heart. When atherosclerosis affects the coronary arteries, the condition is called coronary artery disease (CAD).
Angioplasty is a common medical procedure. It may be used to:
- • Improve symptoms of CAD, such as angina and shortness of breath.
- • Reduce damage to the heart muscle from a heart attack. A heart attack occurs when blood flow through a coronary artery is completely blocked. Angioplasty is used during a heart attack to open the blockage and restore blood flow through the artery.
- • Reduce the risk of death in some patients.
Angioplasty is done on more than 1 million people a year in the United States. Serious complications don't occur often, but can happen no matter how careful your doctor is, or how well he or she does the procedure.
Research on angioplasty is ongoing to make it safer and more effective, to prevent treated arteries from closing again, and to make the procedure an option for more people.
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Other Names for Coronary Angioplasty
- Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)
- Percutaneous intervention
- Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty
- transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)
- Balloon angioplasty
- Coronary artery angioplasty