Медицинская анимация. Ангиопластика

Самое полезное медицинское сообщество. Narrowing of the carotid arteries, which are in your neck and supply blood to the head and neck, may be treated with the angioplasty. A thin flexible tube, called a balloon catheter, is inserted into the narrowed or the blocked artery. A balloon at the tip of the catheter is inflated, which stretches the narrowed artery. The balloon is deflated and withdrawn from the catheter. Sometimes a metal devise called the stent is left in the artery to help