"Angioplasty" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Reconstruction or repair of a blood vessel, which includes the widening of a pathological narrowing of an artery or vein by the removal of atheromatous plaque material and/or the endothelial lining as well, or by dilatation (BALLOON ANGIOPLASTY) to compress an ATHEROMA. Except for ENDARTERECTOMY, usually these procedures are performed via catheterization as minimally invasive ENDOVASCULAR PROCEDURES.
| Descriptor ID |
D017130
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| MeSH Number(s) |
E02.148.050 E04.100.814.529.124 E04.502.382.124 E05.157.016
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| Concept/Terms |
Endoluminal Repair- Endoluminal Repair
- Endoluminal Repairs
- Repair, Endoluminal
- Repairs, Endoluminal
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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Angioplasty" by people in this website by year, and whether "Angioplasty" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2001 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2003 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2005 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2006 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2007 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2008 | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| 2009 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2010 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2011 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| 2012 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2013 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 2014 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2015 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2016 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 2017 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 2018 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2024 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Angioplasty" by people in Profiles.
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Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty and stenting (PTAS) in patients with symptomatic intracranial vertebrobasilar artery stenosis (IVBS). Stroke Vasc Neurol. 2025 Apr 29; 10(2).
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Rescue intracranial stenting for failed posterior circulation thrombectomy: analysis from the Stenting and Angioplasty in NeuroThrombectomy (SAINT) study. J Neurointerv Surg. 2024 Sep 17; 16(10):974-980.
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Successful percutaneous transluminal angioplasty to treat superior vena cava syndrome. Kardiol Pol. 2023; 81(1):72-74.
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Stenting and Angioplasty in Neurothrombectomy: Matched Analysis of Rescue Intracranial Stenting Versus Failed Thrombectomy. Stroke. 2022 09; 53(9):2779-2788.
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Management strategies of unanticipated intracranial stenosis during mechanical thrombectomy for acute stroke: A survey of academic neurointerventionalists. Interv Neuroradiol. 2023 Dec; 29(6):725-730.
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The many faces and outcomes of pulmonary vein stenosis in early childhood. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 03; 56(3):649-655.
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Molecular imaging of metastatic atrial angiosarcoma with positron emission tomography (PET) tracer 3'-deoxy-3'[(18)F]-fluorothymidine, [(18)F]-FLT imaging and early response evaluation. BMJ Case Rep. 2019 May 06; 12(5).
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Symptomatic right coronary anomaly with dynamic systolic intramural obliteration and isolated right ventricular ischemia. Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2019 02 15; 93(3):445-447.
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Carotid Artery Stenosis in Women. Tex Heart Inst J. 2018 08; 45(4):243-245.
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Do practice gaps exist in evidence-based medication prescription at hospital discharge in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery & coronary angioplasty? Indian J Med Res. 2017 Dec; 146(6):722-729.