Coronary or Vascular Balloon Angioplasty

Arterial diseases occur when there is narrowing of the blood vessels. Due to this narrowing, ischemia occurs in the organs fed by the vessel. The most common cause of arterial vascular disease is atherosclerosis. In the formation of atherosclerosis, plaque accumulation occurs primarily on the vessel wall. Later, this condition progresses and causes vascular stenosis or complete occlusion. Risk factors that cause atherosclerosis include smoking, diabetes, advanced age, high blood cholesterol and hypertension. Patients often do not have symptoms until their stenosis reaches critical levels. When it is symptomatic, various symptoms may develop depending on the organ to which the vessel attaches.

If the patient has stenosis in the coronary vessels, a heart attack may develop. If critical stenosis occurs in the carotid artery leading to the brain, stroke and paralysis may develop. In stenosis of the leg arteries, symptoms that can progress from pain and cramping while walking to wound formation on the feet may develop. Erectile dysfunction can also be seen in peripheral arterial disease, especially in diabetic men.

With the angiography method we use in diagnosis and treatment, we have the chance to both view the stenosis in the vessel and intervene in these obstructions with balloon angioplasty, atherectomy or stent. This procedure is performed under local anesthesia in the angio unit. After the procedure, the patients are kept under observation for 6 hours,Then discharged on the same day or the next day. Depending on the patient's diagnosis, the procedure may be repeated in a few days.