Angioplasty
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In medicine, angioplasty is "endovascular reconstruction of an artery, which may include the removal of atheromatous plaque and/or the endothelial lining as well as simple dilatation. These are procedures performed by catheterization. When reconstruction of an artery is performed surgically, it is called endarterectomy."[1]
Angioplasty may be used to treat coronary heart disease, renal artery stenosis, and carotid stenosis. Angioplasty of the heart is called percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.
As compared to surgery:
- Angioplasty is probably better than surgery for renal artery stenosis. Surgery leads to improved patency rates at 4 years (88% versus 68%); however, angioplasty improves renal function and tends to have less mortality after 4 years (18% vs 25%).[2]
- Angioplasty is less effective than surgery for myocardial revascularization of coronary heart disease[3], especially for patients with diabetes who have stenosis of three coronary arteries.[4] Angioplasty did not include stents in this study.
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Angioplasty (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ Balzer KM, Pfeiffer T, Rossbach S, et al (March 2009). "Prospective randomized trial of operative vs interventional treatment for renal artery ostial occlusive disease (RAOOD)". J. Vasc. Surg. 49 (3): 667–74; discussion 674–5. DOI:10.1016/j.jvs.2008.10.006. PMID 19135837. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Bravata DM, Gienger AL, McDonald KM, et al (2007). "Systematic Review: The Comparative Effectiveness of Percutaneous Coronary Interventions and Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery". Ann Intern Med. PMID 17938385. [e]
- ↑ (July 1996) "Comparison of coronary bypass surgery with angioplasty in patients with multivessel disease. The Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI) Investigators". N. Engl. J. Med. 335 (4): 217–25. PMID 8657237. [e]