Examples of angioplasty in the following topics:
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- If part of the heart seems to receive an insufficient blood supply, coronary angiography may be used to identify narrowing of the coronary arteries and suitability for angioplasty or bypass surgery.
- Treatments for acute coronary syndrome and myocardial infarction include coronary angioplasty, treatment with thrombolysis "clot buster" medication, and coronary bypass, where narrowed blood vessels on the heart are replaced.
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- Although administered to 40,000 patients undergoing cardiac angioplasty from 1989-1992, the use of Fluosol declined and manufacture stopped due to usage and storing difficulties.