Images & Videos: Angioplasty and Vascular Stenting
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Your Radiologist Explains Angioplasty and Stent Placement
Close-up demonstration of a stent and clinical images of a carotid stenting procedure. The demonstration of a stent outside the body shows how its size can be increased to hold vessels open after being inserted inside the body. The clinical images show an actual stent being inserted into a patient’s carotid artery.
Angiography suite
Paget Schroetter Syndrome: Angiogram before and after TPA infusion.
X-ray equipment is mounted on a C-shaped gantry with the x-ray tube itself beneath the table on which the patient lies. Above the patient is an image intensifier that receives the x-ray signals, amplifies them, and sends them to a TV monitor.
