Angioplasty

Tiny Filter Traps Debris From Procedure, Could Prevent New Heart Attack

Published in Blood Weekly, December 13th, 2001

For the first time, researchers have successfully tested a device that traps potentially artery-blocking debris that is dislodged into the bloodstream during coronary angioplasty, according to a report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.

The bits of biological debris, called emboli, include blood clots, clumps of cells, tiny pieces of tissue, and calcified materials from the fatty deposits in artery walls that cause coronary artery disease. Emboli increase a patient's risk of heart attack and death during angioplasty or afterward because they can jam an artery elsewhere in the heart and shut off the flow of blood there.

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Source: Blood Weekly (2001-12-13)

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