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Atherosclerosis	Cardiac catheterization	Cholesterol producers	Coronary artery balloon angioplasty - series
Stable angina

Balloon angioplasty; Coronary angioplasty; Coronary artery angioplasty; Cardiac angioplasty; PTCA; Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; Heart artery dilatation

The risks for any anesthesia are:

• Reactions to medications
• Problems breathing

The risks for any surgery are:

• Bleeding
• Infection

Additional risks include:

• Complete obstruction of blood flow to an area of the heart (risk is less than 1%)
• Damage to a valve or blood vessel
• Stroke (less than 1%)
• Arrhythmia
• Bleeding in area where the catheter was inserted
• Kidney failure (1% risk; those who have kidney functioning problems before the procedure are at highest risk)
• Allergic reaction to the x-ray dye
• Death

Review Date: 05/30/2006
Reviewed By: Alan Berger, MD, Assistant Professor, Divisions of Cardiology and Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN. Review provided byVeriMed Healthcare Network.