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Example sentences for: angioplasty

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Similarly, the feasibility and safety of carotid angioplasty and stenting using the PercuSurge GuardWire system has been determined [ 10].
The filter guidewire is placed within the delivery catheter and is passed through the target stenosis, the delivery catheter is withdrawn, the filter is deployed, and after completion of the vascular intervention (angioplasty, stenting, etc.) the retrieval catheter is used to envelop the filter.
The Study of Angioplasty with Protection in Patients at High Risk for Endarterectomy (SAPPHIRE) is examining the benefits of the AngioGuard device among 720 patients undergoing carotid artery stenting in a randomized trial versus 'standard care' (no distal protection device) [ 18].
Mother Teresa suffered a near-fatal heart attack, checked into the hospital for the fourth time this year, received an emergency angioplasty, staged a surprising recovery (attributed by doctors to her "spiritual strength"), suffered another setback, then improved slightly, but remained in critical condition with chronic lung and kidney trouble.
PTCA - percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty