Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) or Angioplasty
Coronary angioplasty is used to open one or more clogged or narrowed arteries in your heart. Just as a catheter is used to visualize a patient's arteries, a small balloon tipped catheter may be floated up to the blocked area in the coronary artery and inflated to flatten the plaque against the artery wall so that more blood can reach the heart muscle.
The goal of angioplasty is the restoration of adequate blood flow (revascularization) through the affected part of the body.