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ARTERIAL ANGIOPLASTY, ILLUST.
Angioplasty undertaken with the help of a balloon catheter and a stent : setting-up phase of a deflated catheter at centre of the plaque of atheroma. Here, example of a coronary artery. See. images 0322507 and 0322407 for the rest of the angioplasty by balloon catheter. This image is part of a series on vascular pathologies and its treatments (angioplasty, atherectomy). See. images 0322707 for a healthy artery, 0324207 and 0324107 for an artery obstructed by a plaque atheroma, 0324307 and 0324607 for a stenosed artery caused by a tumor ; images 0322507 and 0322407 for the angioplasty by balloon catheter, 0322007, 0322207 and 0322307 for the placement of a stent, 0322607 for the Simpson atherotome in use and 0324007 for the rotablator.
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