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PTCA (Angioplasty)

PTCA (Angioplasty)
Procedure with a balloon-tipped catheter to enlarge a narrowing in a coronary artery. PTCA stands for Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

  
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