Angioplasty Balloon
PTA Balloon · Balloon Dilatation Catheter · Angioplasty Balloon Catheter · Venous Balloon
A long, thin double-lumenLOO-menThe open space inside a tube, such as a blood vessel, the intestine or a catheter.Full entry catheter with a sausage-shaped balloon near its tip. One lumen runs over the guidewire and the other inflates the balloon; radiopaqueray-dee-oh-PAYKBlocking x-rays, so the material shows up white on an x-ray image.radi/o radiation, x-rayopaque not letting throughFull entry markerMAR-kerSomething that can be measured, such as a substance in the blood, that shows a disease or body process is present.Full entry inside the balloon show its ends on fluoroscopyfloo-ROS-kuh-peeAn x-ray method that shows moving pictures of the inside of the body in real time.fluor/o glowing (from the fluorescent screen)-scopy looking, viewingFull entry .
On the table
What it does, the lengths it comes in and what experienced techs know about it.
What it’s for
Passed over a guidewire to a narrowed vessel and inflated with diluted contrastKON-trastA dye or other substance given before an imaging test so body parts show up more clearly.Full entry to stretch it open (angioplasty). In venous thrombectomy, balloons are kept available with venous stentstentA small tube, often of metal mesh, placed inside a vessel or duct to hold it open.Full entry to open a narrowed vein and to expand the stent after it is placed.
Lengths and variants
Chosen by vessel diameter and lesionLEE-zhunAn area of tissue that has been damaged or has changed from normal, such as a sore, wound, lump or spot.Full entry length; for example 3 to 12 mm diameters, lengths from about 1.5 to 20 cm, on 80 or 135 cm shafts. Wire size (such as 0.035 inch) and sheathSHEETHA covering that wraps around a structure; in procedures, a short hollow tube left in a blood vessel to pass catheters through.Full entry size are on the label; the balloon size is printed on the hub.
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