Phillip is undergoing surgery for unstable angina. The surgeons are inserting a catheter with a balloon tip through the femoral artery of phillip's leg. The catheter will be threaded up the aorta into the obstructed coronary artery. At the point of obstruction, the balloon is inflated and pushes the plaque content against the walls of the artery. What treatment is phillip receiving?
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Angioplasty.
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Angioplasty is a surgical method that is used to treat diseases like unstable angina. This procedure pushes the arterial blockage outward that results in the increase of arterial diameter. Hence, the blood flow to the heart increases and the severe chest pain is reduced. to carry out this process a narrow tube with a balloon tip in inserted through a arms and the region of the blockage is reached. The balloon is inflated there and this pushes the blockage outward and the blood flow is increased.
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