angioplasty
MINIMALLY INVASIVE, ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURE TO WIDEN NARROWED OR OBSTRUCTED ARTERIES OR VEINS, TYPICALLY TO TREAT ARTERIAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS.
Balloon dilation; Coronary artery balloon dilation; Transluminal coronary angioplasty; Balloon angioplasty; Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty; Angeoplasty; Angioplasty, laser; Percutaneous angioplasty; Balloon therapy; Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty; Angioplasties; Venoplasty; Balloon Angioplasty; Angioplastic; Coronary balloon angioplasty
(n.) = angioplastia
Ex: Few rural hospitals were capable of emergent catheterization, angioplasty, or coronary artery bypass surgery; cardiologists, though readily available by phone, were rarely available on-site.
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* coronary angioplasty = angioplastia coronaria