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surgical repair of a blood vessel (a tube (catheter) is placed in a clogged artery and a balloon at the end of the tube is inflated to flatten the clogged material against the wall of the artery. This enlarges the opening of the artery so that more blood can pass through. Also called balloon angioplasty)
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Angioplasty
surgical repair of a blood vessel (a tube (catheter) is placed in a clogged artery and a balloon at the end of the tube is inflated to flatten the clogged material against the wall of the artery. This enlarges the opening of the artery so that more blood can pass through. Also called balloon angioplasty)
aortic stenosis
narrowing of the aorta
arterosclerosis
Hardening of arteries (the most common cholesterol-like deposits (plaque) in arteries)
arteriolitis
inflammation of small arteries (arterioles)
cardiomyopathy
disease of heart muscle (that has some symptoms that include hypertrophy of cardiac muscle, enlargement of heart, less flexible heart walls, or by smaller ventricles)
coronary arteries
arteries that carry blood to the heart (Blood vessels that carry oxygen-rich blood from the aorta to the heart muscle)
phlebotomy
incision into a vein (in order to remove blood for a diagnostic test; venipuncture)
intravenous
Pertaining to within the vein (ex: administering drugs by injecting directly into the vein)
venulitis
inflammation of a small vein (venules)
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