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A Brief Note On Atherosclerosis And Its Effect On The Body

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Balloon angioplasty
Apurva Vadnere

Abstract
Atherosclerosis is caused due to buildup of plaque in the artery. The plaque is made of fat, cholesterol, calcium and other substances. The plaque rupture can result in stroke, heart attack or even death. Many intervention techniques are used to treat the plaque depending on the type and size of the plaque. The balloon angioplasty is widely used technique because its painless procedure, easy for surgeon to carry out, no need of heart lung machine and only needs local anesthesia. But still some problems persist with the current angioplasty like rupture of the vessel, rupture of the balloon, retenosis and thrombus formation. To overcome this problem I hypothesize to fabricate …show more content…

This plaque formation depends on various factors like if someone have smoking habit, have high blood pressure, have high blood cholesterol level, or have a family history. This blocking of the artery can lead to serious problem including heart attack, stroke or even death. There is also inflammatory response observed by the body to the plaque formation and the conducted by stoll et al showed the results of this inflammatory response. Figure 1. Diagram of normal artery and plaque formed artery.
There are various techniques used to cure this atherosclerosis which are used depending on the plaque size and the hardness of the plaque. There are various intervention techniques but balloon angioplasty is widely used because it’s easy and has given the best results in case of atherosclerosis. There are different angioplasty techniques are like balloon angioplasty, stent, rotational atherectomy , directional atherectomy, laser angioplasty and cutting balloon. The topic of this paper is to focus more upon balloon angioplasty and understand the problem related to balloon angioplasty and to give possible solution to overcome this problem.
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Types of intervention methods:
There are various type of intervention method used to remove this plaque but it depends upon the hardness and size of the plaque. The first is balloon angioplasty in this type the catheter is inserted into the patients groin and is

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