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Prior to the development of VCD's, the main method for closing the femoral artery was manual compression. Manual compression involves up to 30 minutes of manual pressure or mechanical clamps applied directly to the patient's groin, which is very painful, followed by up to 8 hours of bed rest in the hospital recovery room.
Coronary angioplasty, also known as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), because it is done through the skin and through the lumen of the artery, was first developed in 1977 by Andreas Gruentzig. The first procedure took place Friday Sept 16, 1977, at Zurich, Switzerland. [45]
The Mynx vascular closure device is an extravascular vascular closure device (VCD) whose deployment system is designed to minimize the discomfort commonly associated with closing the small hole in the artery following catheterization procedure. The device is manufactured by AccessClosure, Inc., a medical device company located in Mountain View ...
Transradial catheterization is an endovascular procedure or catheterization procedure performed to diagnose and treat arterial disease (e.g., coronary artery disease, peripheral artery disease, etc.).
PTCA may refer to: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, a type of angioplasty; Percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography This page was last edited on 29 ...
Coronary artery bypass surgery, also known as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, pronounced "cabbage"), is a surgical procedure to treat coronary artery disease (CAD), the buildup of plaques in the arteries of the heart.
patient (from Latin patiens, meaning "one who endures" or "one who suffers") PTA: percutaneous transluminal angioplasty post-traumatic amnesia prior to admission Peritonsillar abscess PTB: pulmonary tuberculosis: PTC: percutaneous transhepatic cholangiography: PTCA: percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: PTD: prior to discharge preterm ...
The term "binary" means that patients are placed in 2 groups, those who have ≥50% stenosis and those who have <50% stenosis. Binary restenosis is an epidemiological method of analyzing percent diameter stenosis for observing not only an individual patient, but also performing statistical techniques on a group of patients to determine averages ...