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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures > Endovascular Procedures > Angioplasty > Atherectomy
... > Surgical Procedures, Operative > Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures > Vascular Surgical Procedures > Endovascular Procedures > Angioplasty > Atherectomy
Therapeutics > Catheterization > Angioplasty > Atherectomy
Investigative Techniques > Catheterization > Angioplasty > Atherectomy

Preferred term

Atherectomy  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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  • Atherectomies, Percutaneous
  • Atherectomies, Percutaneous Transluminal
  • Atherectomies, Transluminal
  • Atherectomy, Percutaneous
  • Atherectomy, Percutaneous Transluminal
  • Atherectomy, Transluminal
  • Percutaneous Atherectomies
  • Percutaneous Atherectomy
  • Percutaneous Transluminal Atherectomies
  • Percutaneous Transluminal Atherectomy
  • Transluminal Atherectomies
  • Transluminal Atherectomies, Percutaneous
  • Transluminal Atherectomy
  • Transluminal Atherectomy, Percutaneous

Scope note

  • Endovascular procedure in which atheromatous plaque is excised by a cutting or rotating catheter. It differs from balloon and laser angioplasty procedures which enlarge vessels by dilation but frequently do not remove much plaque. If the plaque is removed by surgical excision under general anesthesia rather than by an endovascular procedure through a catheter, it is called ENDARTERECTOMY.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D017073

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