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Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA)

  • How does PTA achieve recanalization?
  • Identify the components of a balloon catheter.
  • List four options if the results of PTA are unfavorable.
  • List nine factors that unfavorably affect the outcome of PTA.
  • List three factors that favorably affect the outcome of PTA.
  • On what basis is the PTA balloon selected?
  • What are the indications for PTA?
  • What are the six steps in PTA?
  • What gradient is physiologically significant?
  • What is PTA?
  • What is a sign that the angioplasty balloon has been fully inflated?
  • What is intimal hyperplasia?
  • What long-term complications are associated with PTA?
  • What percentage of patients develops intimal hyperplasia at the site of PTA?
  • What short-term complications are associated with PTA?

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