Another treatment method is balloon angioplasty. In this, a catheter with a balloon on its tip is inserted into the vessel. When it reaches the blockage, the balloon is inflated and the fatty mass is squeezed up against the vessel wall. ...

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Instead of having an x-ray on the catheter, a small-deflated balloon is at its tip. Once the catheter reaches the area of blockage, the balloon is inflated and deflated several times, until the blockage is dense and the artery is widened. ...

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