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Angioplasty vs Stenting - What's the difference?

angioplasty | stenting |

As nouns the difference between angioplasty and stenting

is that angioplasty is (surgery) the mechanical widening of a narrowed or totally obstructed blood vessel generally caused by atheroma while stenting is (medical) the surgical act of placing a stent, or supporting tube, into an artery, esophagus, or other passage or conduit in the body or stenting can be (uk|dialect) an opening in a wall in a coal mine.

As a verb stenting is

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angioplasty

English

Noun

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

    • stenting

    English

    Etymology 1

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (medical) The surgical act of placing a stent, or supporting tube, into an artery, esophagus, or other passage or conduit in the body.
    • The chest pains were relieved by coronary stenting .

    Verb

    (head)

    • Etymology 2

    Alternative forms

    * stenton

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (UK, dialect) An opening in a wall in a coal mine.
    • (Halliwell)
    (Webster 1913)

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