The operation known as coronary angioplasty (AN-jee-o-plas-tee) opens blocked cardiac blood vessels. The coronary arteries, which supply blood to the heart muscles, are treated with coronary angioplasty. A catheter—a tiny balloon on a thin tube—is used to open up a blocked artery and increase blood flow.

RISK FACTORS:

• Lots of bleeding.
• Damage to the coronary artery.
• Increase kidney problems.
• Heart attack
• Heart rhythms are abnormal.
• Clotting of blood.
• Chest pain or angina.

TREATMENT:

The treatment method for coronary angioplasty is stent placement.

STENT PLACEMENT: The cardiac stent placement procedure includes the use of a small tube made up of wire mesh, and it’s called a stent. It acts as a platform to support the inside of coronary arteries. In such a case, using a balloon catheter (deflected)—a stent balloon—the doctor carefully places the stent in the blocked part of the artery. The artery heals around the stent over time.

Stents are usually made up of plastic, and they’re placed in the artery permanently, but they can also be designed with absorbable (by the body) material. Some of the stents used in angioplasty contain medicines that help reduce the risk of the artery getting blocked again.

PRECAUTIONS

After an angioplasty, to keep your heart healthy, you should:

• Go for the regular follow-ups.
• Do regular exercise.
• Moderation in the diet.
• Take regular medicine.
• Never ignore the hidden symptoms.
• Avoid heavy lifting.
• Avoid Driving.
• Avoid Strenuous activities.

How surgery is performed:

Through the incision, a thin, flexible tube (catheter) is inserted into the arteries. When a catheter is placed, the thin wire is guided down the length of the coronary artery, which is affected. Delivered a little balloon to the affected section of the artery. Then it widens the artery, squashing the fat deposit against the wall of the artery so that blood can flow more freely when the deflated balloon is removed.

TIME DURATION

Coronary angioplasty surgery usually takes five to six hours, and the hospital stay might be 2-3 days.

SUCCESS RATE

Coronary angioplasty surgery has a very high success rate.