- angioplasty
- noun /ˈænʤiəʊplæsti/The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.
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Angioplasty — Intervention Balloon angioplasty. ICD 9 CM … Wikipedia
angioplasty — (n.) by 1976, from ANGIO (Cf. angio ) + PLASTY (Cf. plasty) … Etymology dictionary
angioplasty — [an′jē ō plas΄tē] n. [ ANGIO + PLASTY] any of various techniques for repairing or replacing damaged blood vessels using surgery, lasers, or tiny inflatable balloons at the end of a catheter that is inserted into the vessel … English World dictionary
Angioplasty — Procedure with a balloon tipped catheter to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery. Also called Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA). * * * Reconstitution or recanalization of a blood vessel; may involve balloon dilation,… … Medical dictionary
angioplasty — /an jee euh plas tee/, n., pl. angioplasties. Surg. the repair of a blood vessel, as by inserting a balloon tipped catheter to unclog it or by replacing part of the vessel with either a piece of the patient s own tissue or a prosthetic device:… … Universalium
angioplasty — n. repair or reconstruction of a narrowed or completely obstructed blood vessel. Traditionally, this was performed during open surgery, but in modern practice angioplasty commonly refers to percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA; balloon… … The new mediacal dictionary
angioplasty — noun (plural ties) Date: circa 1919 surgical repair or recanalization of a blood vessel; especially balloon angioplasty … New Collegiate Dictionary
angioplasty — (= PTCA) Surgical distension of an occluded blood vessel. Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is commonly used as a method for restoring patency to occluded coronary arteries (the cause of angina) ; a catheter is passed from a… … Dictionary of molecular biology
angioplasty — (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. artery widening procedure, catheterization, procedure, surgical repair. see operation … English dictionary for students
angioplasty — an|gi|o|plas|ty [ ændʒiə,plæsti ] noun uncount MEDICAL a medical operation to repair an ARTERY (=tube carrying blood around the body) that has become blocked or too narrow … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
