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Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)
Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) is defined as a balloon-tipped catheter which is inserted into a blocked coronary artery and plaque is pushed back to artery wall to open the blood vessel.
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