In 2005 some 800,000 Americans had Angioplasties, many of them for the second, third, or fourth time.
In 2005 doctors performed about 280,000 bypass surgeries to route new vessels around blocked arteries and
800,000 Angioplasties to open blocked arteries.
Every year in the United States,
surgeons perform 1.2 million Angioplasties, during which a cardiologist uses tiny balloons and implanted wire cages(stents)
to unclog arteries.
Every year in the United States,
surgeons perform 1.2 million Angioplasties, during which a cardiologist uses tiny balloons
and implanted wire cages known as stents to unclog arteries.