Angioplasty

• Latest News
• Hospital, Not Race, a Factor in Heart Attack Care (10/06/2004, Reuters Health)
• Heart Procedure Results Have Improved for Elderly (10/05/2004, Reuters Health)

• From the National Institutes of Health
• Heart Attack: Special Procedures (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)

• Overviews
• Coronary Angiography and Angioplasty (Patient Education Institute) - Requires Flash Player
  Also available in: Spanish
• Coronary Angioplasty: Opening Clogged Arteries (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research) - requires RealPlayer plug-in to view video

• Anatomy/Physiology
• Normal Heart and How It Works (American Heart Association)

• Clinical Trials
• ClinicalTrials.gov: Angioplasty (National Institutes of Health)

• Related Issues
• Angioplasty Versus Bypass Surgery for Coronary Artery Disease (American Heart Association) - Links to PDF File
• Angioplasty, Laser (American Heart Association)
• Cardiac Angioplasty Device (Food and Drug Administration) - Requires Macromedia Flash Player to view animations
• FDA Advises Physicians of Adverse Events Associated with Cordis Cypher Coronary Stents (Food and Drug Administration)

• Research
• Brain Angioplasty in Awake Patients May Reduce Complications (American Heart Association)
• Drug-Coated Stents Effective in "Real World" Patients (American Heart Association)
• Persistent Smokers Skip Full Benefit of Angioplasty (American Heart Association)
• Surgery Better Than Drugs for Serious Lack of Blood Flow to the Heart (American Heart Association)

• Dictionaries/Glossaries
• Glossary of Heart Surgery Terms (Society of Thoracic Surgeons)

• Organizations
• American Heart Association
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

• Statistics
• Angioplasty and Cardiac Revascularization Treatments and Statistics (American Heart Association)