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| Angioplasty is now perhaps less common than a stent insert, but the principle is the same. A catheter with a balloon on the end is manoeuvred into the blocked coronary artery. Once in position across the blockage, the balloon is inflated to compress the fatty deposits (that are causing the blockage) against the wall of the artery, to widen the diameter of the vessel and improve the blood supply. | ||||
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