Angioplasty is a minimally invasive procedure used to widen narrowed or blocked arteries. Your arteries can become blocked up over time from deposits of plaque — the buildup of fat, cholesterol, cells ...

For the treatment of myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation, primary angioplasty is considered superior to fibrinolysis for patients who are admitted to hospitals with angioplasty facilities.

As compared with thrombolytic therapy, primary percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in acute myocardial infarction reduces the rates of death, reinfarction, and stroke, but recurrent ...

Patients with symptomatic in-stent restenosis (ISR) of the superficial femoral artery (SFA) or proximal popliteal artery have better primary patency at 1 year if they received a drug-coated balloon ...

In an examination of the appropriateness of the widespread use of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs), researchers found that of more than 500,000 PCIs included in the study, nearly all for ...