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Coronary angioplasty and stents

Coronary angioplasty (AN-jee-o-plas-tee), also called percutaneous coronary intervention, is a procedure used to open clogged heart arteries. Angioplasty involves temporarily inserting and inflating a tiny balloon where your artery is clogged to help widen the artery.Angioplasty is often combined with the permanent placement of a small wire mesh tube called a stent to help prop the artery open and decrease its chance of narrowing again. Some stents are coated with medication to help keep your artery open (drug-eluting stents), while others are not (bare-metal stents).Angioplasty can improve symptoms of blocked arteries, such as chest pain and shortness of breath. Angioplasty can also be used during a heart attack to quickly open a blocked artery and reduce the amount of damage to your heart.

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  • Cardiac ablation

  • Cardiac catheterization

  • Cardioversion

  • Chelation therapy for heart disease

  • Cholesterol test

  • Coronary angiogram

  • CT coronary angiogram

  • Echocardiogram

  • Electrocardiogram (ECG or EKG)

  • Holter monitor

  • Implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs)

  • Nuclear stress test

  • Pacemaker

  • Stress test

  • Tilt table test

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