| | | | | blocked. If one or more of your arteries are blocked, |
| Angioplasty | | | | your doctor will need to know where and how |
| | | | | severe the blockages are. |
| Angioplasty is a common medical procedure.It may | | | | To find out, your doctor will do an angiogram and |
| be used to : - | | | | take an x-ray picture of your arteries. During an |
| - Improve symptoms of CAD, such as angina and | | | | angiogram, a small tube called a catheter with a |
| shortness of breath. | | | | balloon at the end is put into a large blood vessel in |
| - Reduce damage to the heart muscle from a heart | | | | the groin (upper thigh) or arm. The catheter is then |
| attack. A heart attack occurs When blood flow | | | | threaded to the coronary arteries. A small amount of |
| through a coronary artery is completely blocked. | | | | dye is injected into the coronary arteries and an |
| Angioplasty is used during a heart attack to open the | | | | x-ray picture is taken. |
| blockage and restore blood flow through the artery. | | | | Some stents, called drug-eluting stents, are coated |
| - Reduce the risk of death in some patients. | | | | with medicines that are slowly and continuously |
| | | | | released into the artery. These medicines help |
| Other Names for Coronary Angioplasty | | | | prevent the artery from becoming blocked again |
| - Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) | | | | from scar tissue that grows around the stent. |
| - Percutaneous intervention | | | | The illustration shows the placement of a stent in a |
| - Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty | | | | coronary artery with plaque buildup. Figure A shows |
| - Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty | | | | the deflated balloon catheter and closed stent |
| (PTCA) | | | | inserted into the narrowed coronary artery. The inset |
| - Balloon angioplasty | | | | image on figure A shows a cross-section of the |
| - Coronary artery angioplasty | | | | artery with the inserted balloon catheter and closed |
| | | | | stent. In figure B, the balloon is inflated, expanding |
| Who Needs Coronary Angioplasty ? | | | | the stent and compressing the plaque to restore the |
| Coronary angioplasty is used to restore blood flow to | | | | size of the artery. Figure C shows the stent-widened |
| the heart when the coronary arteries have become | | | | artery. The inset image on figure C shows a |
| narrowed or blocked due to coronary artery disease | | | | cross-section of the compressed plaque and |
| (CAD). | | | | stent-widened artery. |
| When medicines and lifestyle changes, such as | | | | In some cases, plaque is removed during angioplasty. |
| following a healthy diet, quitting smoking, and getting | | | | In a procedure called atherectomy a catheter with a |
| more physical activity, don't improve your CAD | | | | rotating shaver on its tip is inserted into the artery to |
| symptoms, your doctor will talk to you about other | | | | cut away plaque. Lasers also are used to dissolve or |
| treatment options. These options include angioplasty | | | | break up the plaque. These procedures are now |
| and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), a type | | | | rarely done because angioplasty gives better results |
| of open-heart surgery. Your doctor will take into | | | | for most patients. |
| account a number of factors when recommending | | | | |
| the best procedure for you. These factors include | | | | Please log on to : |
| how severe your blockages are, where they're | | | | Send your query : Get a Quote |
| located, and other diseases you may have. | | | | |
| Angioplasty is often used when there is less severe | | | | We Care Core Values |
| narrowing or blockage in your arteries, and when the | | | | We have a very simple business model that keeps |
| blockage can be reached during the procedure. CABG | | | | you as the centre. |
| might be chosen if you have severe heart disease, | | | | Having the industry’s most elaborate and |
| multiple arteries that are blocked, or if you have | | | | exclusive Patient Care and Clinical Coordination teams |
| diabetes or heart failure. | | | | stationed at each partner hospital, we provide you |
| | | | | the smoothest and seamless care ever imagined. |
| How Is Coronary Angioplasty Done ? | | | | With a ratio of one Patient Care Manager to five |
| Before coronary angioplasty is done, your doctor will | | | | patients our patient care standards are unmatched |
| need to know whether your coronary arteries are | | | | across the sub continent. |