Angioplasty, also known as heart artery dilatation, is a surgical procedure to open narrowed or blocked blood vessels that supply blood to the heart. Angioplasty with medicated stent method in angioplasty uses metal or drug eluting stents to prevent the closing of the artery for a better heart. Similarly, in coronary angioplasty medicated stent, a small, metal mesh tube that expands inside a coronary artery is placed to prevent the artery from closing up again after angioplasty. Angioplasty with cypher stent also aids in opening the blocked arteries and blood vessels so that they smoothly flow to your heart muscle.The process of angioplasty begins with the administering of blood thinning medicines to the patient to avoid the forming of blood clots. The doctor will then make a small cut (incision) on your body, where he/she would insert a catheter (flexible tube) through the incision into an artery.
Sometimes in angioplasty a catheter is placed in the arm or wrist, through which the doctor uses live x-ray pictures to guide the catheter up into your heart and arteries. To highlight the blood flow and determine if there are any blockages through the arteries, doctors generally inject dye in the vessels.
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