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Compare to the first image.īelow is another example which prominently shows the difference in blood flow after arterial stenting. Here you can see the artery in the middle of the image with blood flow reestablished. The catheter and balloon are removed, leaving the stent in place with reestablished blood flow. Angioplasty and stent procedure in images Blocked artery visualised during catheterisation Catheter, balloon, and stent inserted into blockage The balloon inflates the stent, pushing the plaque off to the side of the arterial wall. The main types of stents include a bare metal stent and a drug-eluting (medicine-coated) stent, the latter of which helps prevent scar tissue from blocking the artery. What is a stent?Ī stent is commonly inserted during angioplasty.Ī stent is a little wire mesh which keeps the artery open after the balloon has been removed and minimises the chance of the artery blocking up prematurely (restenosis).
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Once the blockage is visualised, the doctor then passes the catheter into the blockage and inflates a small balloon to widen the blood vessel and reestablish blood flow.
#STENT USING A GUIDELINER SKIN#
Translation: percutaneous means they pass an inflatable catheter through the skin (at your femoral artery in your groin area) traveling through the lumen (the space within your artery), up into your aorta, and then enter into your coronary blood vessels (the arteries that serve blood to the heart).Īnother common name for the procedure is percutaneous intervention or PCI.
#STENT USING A GUIDELINER FULL#
The full name for the procedure is percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). The term angioplasty comes from the Greek words angio meaning “vessel” and plasticos meaning “fit for moulding” but in very simple terms, it’s just another name for a heart plumbing job. It can result in symptoms like pain and/or pressure in the chest, neck, back, jaw, arms (collectively called angina), or, if left untreated, a heart attack (myocardial infarction).Ī cardiac catheterisation procedure is often performed to determine the extent of the blockages in your arteries and, if necessary, angioplasty may be performed with or without stent placement. Before we get into what angioplasty is, you must first understand that coronary artery disease causes narrowing of the blood vessels that feed blood to your heart.