Category: Angiography

Coronary Angioplasty: Removal of Blocks

Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty

What is Laser Angioplasty? Simple balloon angioplasty removes the plaques in blood vessels by plastering the plaque on to the artery wall. It also enlarges the vessel a

Angioplasty is a method to remove blocks from important blood vessels. The most common form of angioplasty is coronary angioplasty, the method of removing blocks from the blood

What is angioplasty? Angioplasty is in simple terms, the removal of a block in a blood vessel. Most familiar form of angioplasty is coronary angioplasty – removal of

What is coronary angiography? Coronary angiography is visualization of the blood vessels of the heart (coronary arteries) by injecting radiocontrast ‘dye’ into them. Conventionally this is achieved by

What is angiography? Angiography (angio) is visualisation of a blood vessel with or without injecting a contrast (‘dye’) into its lumen. Most of us are now familiar with coronary

Angioplasty with drug coated balloon Balloon angioplasty is the procedure in which small balloons attached to the tip of small tubes known as balloon catheters are used to

Cardiac catheterization Cardiac catheterization is the procedure in which tiny tubes (catheters) are introduced through blood vessels into cardiac chambers to assess the pressure and oxygen saturation of

Angiography Angiography (angio) is the procedure by which blood vessels of the body are visualised by injecting contrast or otherwise. Most popular contrast media are iodinated dyes which