Besides CABG, what other treatment options are available to a patient with narrowed or blocked arteries?
Aside from CABG, your doctor may recommend coronary angioplasty. This is done to help clear and open arteries that have narrowed. A catheter is inserted into the artery of your arm, leg, or groin. The catheter, which has a tiny balloon at the tip, is guided into the affected artery using X-ray pictures, displayed on a television monitor. Once in the artery, the balloon is quickly inflated and deflated to stretch open the narrowed portion of blood vessel and to thereby improve passage of blood. Then the balloon and catheter are removed.
