Question

What is the surgical procedure in which a balloon-tipped catheter is inserted into a diseased, narrowed coronary artery and then inflated?

Answer 1

Answer:

Answer is coronary angioplasty.

Explanation:

The coronary angioplasty is a kind of procedure that involves the insertion a balloon- filled catheter into the blood vessel for the purpose of increasing blood flow.

Medical imaging is use in guiding the catheter to the targeted site. And the use of a metal mash tube known as stent may be adopted or not.

The coronary blockage prevent the flow of blood to the heart.

Note that, this procedure is considered to be better in some aspects to coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG].

This is because. it is not a surgery like CABG,, has fewer risks and a small cut.