Coronary artery balloon angioplasty - series : Aftercare, part 2 - Angioplasty and stent placement - heart Pictures & Images (Drug-eluting stents, PCI, Percutaneous coronary intervention, Balloon angioplasty, Coronary angioplasty, Coronary artery angioplasty, Cardiac angioplasty, PTCA, Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, Heart artery dilatation)

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Angioplasty and stent placement - heart

Alternate Names : Drug-eluting stents, PCI, Percutaneous coronary intervention, Balloon angioplasty, Coronary angioplasty, Coronary artery angioplasty, Cardiac angioplasty, PTCA, Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, Heart artery dilatation

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Coronary artery balloon angioplasty - series

Normal anatomy
Normal anatomy

Indication
Indication

Procedure, part 1
Procedure, part 1

Procedure, part 2
Procedure, part 2

Procedure, part 3
Procedure, part 3

Procedure, part 4
Procedure, part 4

Procedure, part 5
Procedure, part 5

Aftercare, part 1
Aftercare, part 1

Aftercare, part 2

Coronary artery balloon angioplasty - series
Aftercare, part 2

Immediately after the procedure, a ten-pound sandbag may be placed over the femoral artery puncture site in the leg and remain there for 6 hours. This is done to help the artery heal.

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Review Date : 5/2/2009
Reviewed By : David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

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Coronary artery balloon angioplasty - series Aftercare, part 2

Coronary artery balloon angioplasty - series
Aftercare, part 2