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2. Angioplasty - Wikipedia

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   Angioplasty is used to treat venous stenosis affecting dialysis access, with drug-coated balloon angioplasty proving to have better 6 month and 12 month patency than conventional balloon angioplasty. [13] Angioplasty is occasionally used to treat residual subclavian vein stenosis following decompression surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome. [14]

3. Peripheral artery disease - Wikipedia

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   For chronic limb-threatening ischemia, the ACCF/AHA guidelines recommend balloon angioplasty only for people with a life expectancy of 2 years or less or those who do not have an autogenous vein available. For those with a life expectancy greater than 2 years or who have an autogenous vein, bypass surgery is recommended. [83]

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5. Balloon catheter - Wikipedia

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   When a balloon catheter is used to compress plaque within a clogged coronary artery, it is referred to as a plain old balloon angioplasty or POBA. [1] Balloon catheters are also utilized in the deployment of stents during angioplasty. Balloon catheters are supplied to the cath lab with a stent pre-mounted on the balloon. When the cardiologist ...

6. Neointimal hyperplasia - Wikipedia

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   Mechanical injury of arterials due to stretching of arterial walls with a balloon catheter results in the recruitment of cells such as monocytes, macrophages, and neutrophils to the site of injury. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] Macrophages in particular express many growth factors, cytokines, and enzymes that facilitate vascular smooth muscle cell migration and ...

7. Coronary catheterization - Wikipedia

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   As assessed in clinical trials during the late 1980 and 1990s, using only balloon angioplasty (POBA, plain old balloon angioplasty), up to 50% of patients developed significant restenosis; but that percentage has dropped to the single to lower two-digit range with the introduction of drug-eluting stents.

8. Robin Roberts Reveals The Reason Behind Her Bandaged Wrist On ...

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   The "GMA" anchor missed work due to a recent tennis wrist injury. She opened up about her accidental fall and recovery. Robin Roberts Reveals The Reason Behind Her Bandaged Wrist On "GMA"

9. Lonzo Ball sidelined with wrist injury 3 games into his ... - AOL

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   The injury was later diagnosed as a meniscus tear that required surgery. Ball was initially given a 6-8 week timetable to return, but sat for the rest of the 2021-22 season after he continued to ...