 Angioplasty
"Angioplasty" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Reconstruction or repair of a blood vessel, which includes the widening of a pathological narrowing of an artery or vein by the removal of atheromatous plaque material and/or the endothelial lining as well, or by dilatation (BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY) to compress an ATHEROMA. Except for ENDARTERECTOMY, usually these procedures are performed via catheterization as minimally invasive ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES.
| Descriptor ID |
D017130
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.148.050 E04.100.814.529.124 E04.502.382.124 E05.157.016
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| Concept/Terms |
Endoluminal Repair- Endoluminal Repair
- Endoluminal Repairs
- Repair, Endoluminal
- Repairs, Endoluminal
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| 2008 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Angioplasty" by people in Profiles.
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Yu SC, Cheng HK, Cheng PW, Lui WM, Leung KM, Tan CB, Pang KY, Wong GK, Cheung YL, Lee R, Wong YC, Wong CK, Kwok JC. Angioplasty and stenting for intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis: position statement of the Hong Kong Society of Interventional and Therapeutic Neuroradiology. Hong Kong Med J. 2013 Feb; 19(1):69-73.
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Wong GK, Yu SC, Poon WS. Dural arteriovenous fistula embolization via the occipital sinus. J Neurosurg. 2008 Jul; 109(1):165.
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