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Angioplasty vs Ptca - What's the difference?

angioplasty | ptca | initialism |

Angioplasty is a initialism of ptca.


As a noun angioplasty

is (surgery) the mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.

As an initialism ptca is

(medicine) percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

angioplasty

English

Noun

(angioplasties)
  • (surgery) The mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma.

    • ptca

    English

    Initialism

    (Initialism) (head)
  • (medicine) Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

    • See also

    * ("PTCA" on Wikipedia)