revascularization
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Revascularization is a surgical procedure designed to create a new, additional, or augmented blood supply to a body part or organ. This is often necessary when blood vessels become occluded, or blocked, due to conditions like atherosclerosis. Treatments for occlusive disease aim to open or bypass these blocked vessels.12
Techniques include atherectomy to remove plaques, coronary artery bypass surgery to reroute blood flow around blockages, and angioplasty using a balloon catheter to dilate narrowed arteries. Stents are frequently inserted to keep the vessel open. In acute situations, clot-dissolving drugs or angioplasty with stenting may be used to rapidly restore blood flow.2
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