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angioplasty, n. Surg.|ˈændʒɪəʊplɑːstɪ, -plæstɪ|
[f. angio- + -plasty.]
Surgical repair of a damaged blood vessel, esp. the unblocking of a coronary artery; an operation to perform this. Also, a blood vessel repaired by such an operation.
1926R. J. E. Scott Gould's Med. Dict., Angioplasty.., plastic surgery upon blood-vessels. 1964Surgery LVI. 361/2 This angioplasty uses the principle of the Finney pyloroplasty at the site of the vessel division. 1966Brit. Jrnl. Surg. LIII. 409/2 To avoid the risk of constricting the lumen of the artery at either end of the angioplasty it is important to construct funnel-shaped inflow and outflow channels. 1983Times 1 Sept. 11/3 Removing the block by angioplasty under local anaesthesia restores the blood flow immediately and relieves the pain. 1988Sci. Amer. May 23/2 Angioplasty has certain limitations, one of which is that it is extremely difficult to clear total occlusions of coronary arteries.
Add: Hence angioˈplastic a.
1960Ann. Surg. CLII. 663/1 In analyzing patency rates, the permanence of patency is a consideration that has a unique importance in angioplastic operations. 1974Jrnl. Surg. Res. XVII. 213/2 We believe regional infusion [printed infustion] of heparin is essential for patency in vein angioplastic reconstruction of the coronary artery. 1987Oxf. Textbk. Med. (ed. 2) II. xviii. 154/2 The stenosis is demonstrated by angiography, which also indicates whether the lesion is amenable to surgical or transluminal angioplastic repair. |