How to Use angioplasty in a Sentence

angioplasty

noun

• Someone there had neatly inked it with the date of my angioplasty.
  — Washington Post, 19 July 2021
• Such risks range from a heart attack and coronary artery surgery to angina and angioplasty.
  — Fox News, 11 Sep. 2019
• There, Chen performed an angioplasty with a balloon to open up the artery and suck out the blood clot.
  — Nicole Villalpando, Austin American Statesman, 18 Feb. 2026
• In angioplasty, a blockage in one of the heart arteries is opened by a balloon.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 15 Nov. 2021
• Sabathia is set to make his first start since having an angioplasty and right knee surgery during the offseason.
  — Jake Seiner, The Seattle Times, 12 Apr. 2019
• Blockages were treated right away, with angioplasty in three-fourths of cases and a bypass in the rest.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 17 Nov. 2019
• In angioplasty, a doctor inflates a thin balloon in an artery to widen it, leaving a stent in place to prop the blood vessel open.
  — Consumer Reports, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2018
• Much worse was the fate of the mother of a deacon at his church, who lost her home in the storm and then was rushed to a hospital for angioplasty and a stent.
  — Teresa M. Walker, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Mar. 2020
• Felstead stayed in the hospital for three days and underwent an angioplasty.
  — Giovana Gelhoren, Peoplemag, 19 Aug. 2022
• But frequently angioplasty is used mainly to relieve chest pain, or angina.
  — Matthew Herper, STAT, 11 Nov. 2023
• Most people who have angioplasty or surgery still continue to need medications.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 8 Sep. 2023
• In February, Tobey did an angioplasty to restore blood flow in her right leg, and had Hall look at her feet.
  — Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2021
• Heart surgeons perform this procedure when there are blockages that angioplasty or a stent cannot fix, or when there are too many blockages in the heart arteries.
  — William Cornwell, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
• In some people, heart disease is so serious that medication, even combined with angioplasty, may not be enough.
  — Consumer Reports, Washington Post, 26 Feb. 2018
• When someone has a heart attack, the cardiologist gets paid to perform angioplasty.
  — Robert Pearl, Forbes, 25 Jan. 2022
• Some procedures like angioplasty, about one in four times, there’s a physical person in the room from a medical device company.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 29 Mar. 2023
• One team focused on angioplasty patients who were suffering from cardiogenic shock, a condition in which the heart suddenly can't pump enough blood to meet the body's needs.
  — Dennis Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 28 Nov. 2019
• As a result, people covered by their companies seldom shop for bargains, or are even aware of what their employer is paying for checkups or angioplasties.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 27 Sep. 2017
• Sometimes patients undergoing angioplasty have a weak heart and need mechanical support to maintain blood flow to the rest of their bodies.
  — Dennis Thompson, chicagotribune.com, 28 Nov. 2019
• Niam, 4, has already had four angioplasties, a second open heart surgery and various other procedures.
  — Michelle Mullins, Naperville Sun, 17 May 2018
• And drug makers and surgeons haven’t developed as many new blockbuster treatments recently — there has been no new Prozac or angioplasty to drive up spending.
  — Margot Sanger-Katz, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2023
• From the beginning, doctors did angioplasty to treat the condition, propping open veins with devices designed for arteries.
  — jsonline.com, 28 Mar. 2018
• Another sensor that comes in to contact with medication and body fluids is the sensor used in the inflation of angioplasty balloons.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 13 Dec. 2018
• While angioplasties were helpful, one of the main limitations was that the walls of the artery would quickly shrink back – known as recoiling – after the balloon was deflated.
  — William Cornwell, The Conversation, 19 Nov. 2025
• Within about a year and a half of her arrest, Ezell had five angioplasties and underwent open heart surgery, according to a transcript of her sentencing hearing.
  — jsonline.com, 18 Apr. 2018
• And drugmakers and surgeons haven’t developed as many new blockbuster treatments recently — there has been no new Prozac or angioplasty to drive up spending.
  — Alicia Parlapiano, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2023
• Medicaid patients were also more than twice as likely to have a major, subsequent heart attack after angioplasty as were patients who didn’t have any health insurance at all.
  — James Freeman, WSJ, 17 July 2017
• The Reader’s heart has needed something akin to multiple angioplasties to survive the new millennium.
  — Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 30 Jan. 2026
• Indiana University Health charges almost six times the Medicare rate for angioplasty with a stent.
  — Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 20 Sep. 2017
• In 2014, about one third of angioplasties were elective, for non-emergency situations.
  — Washington Post, 31 July 2017