Angioplasty is a procedure to open blocked heart arteries using a small balloon and sometimes a stent. You may need to stay overnight in the hospital, but many people go home the same day. Follow your ...

When the arteries that supply blood to the heart become narrowed or clogged, the condition is known as Coronary Artery Disease (CAD). It makes it difficult for the blood to flow to the heart muscle.

During a heart angioplasty, a doctor uses a catheter with a balloon to open a narrowed blood vessel in the heart. Typically, they insert a stent during the procedure. A stent is a mesh tube designed ...

Peripheral artery angioplasty is a procedure to treat peripheral arterial disease of the legs. The procedure widens narrowed arteries in the pelvis or legs. It can help blood flow better. This may ...

Coronary bypass and angioplasty are two procedures used to treat blockages or narrowing in your coronary arteries, the major blood vessels that supply your heart. Doctors may perform angioplasty and ...

In what is believed to be the first randomized placebo-controlled trial of its kind, patients with a chronic total blockage of a coronary artery who received a nonsurgical procedure to reopen the ...