If the blockage is not too severe, an angioplasty procedure can be used to open the artery.

The angioplasty procedure can be done again, and is usually successful.

Another brother, Douglas, also had type 2 and died at 36 during an angioplasty procedure to open up his clogged arteries.

The coach has had heart-bypass surgery as well as two angioplasty procedures.

After an angioplasty procedure, he also thought that he was healthy enough to coach again.

The patients were re-examined six months after the angioplasty procedure.

For example, a bypass surgery may be done at the same time as a less invasive angioplasty procedure.

Inflating balloon during an angioplasty procedure See more heart pictures.

You will receive this injection during your angioplasty procedure in a clinic or hospital setting.

The medicine must be given throughout the entire angioplasty procedure.