Talk:Angioplasty

message: I've just spent an hour trying to clean up this article.  It is unreferenced, it was poorly written, and frankly, it reads like a Cordis or Guidant commercial.  If one of their marketing people wrote this article, they ought to be terminated, because they don't know about what they speak.  And if a Cardiologist wrote this article, remind me to ask to have his license checked.  This article needs work.  Orangemarlin 07:34, 5 March 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rewrite 

message: “This study is an important step in the application of genetically engineered herpes simplex viruses for treatment of vascular disease," Skelly added. "It suggests that genetically engineered viruses may have a significant impact on the outcomes of angioplasty performed in humans. Human trials would be the next step to test this theory.”  Brian Pearson 03:54, 11 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Modified herpes virus keeps arteries 'free-flowing' following procedures" 

message: I've changed the word origin in the first paragraph (mainly because it is not a portmanteau word).  I don't know how to do Greek characters (or if it's necessary), but if anybody would like to add the Greek script, aggeion has a circumflex accent on the "i" and plastos has an acute on the "o". DavidCh0 (talk) 12:42, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: The Greek script has been fixed.--Jmjanzen (talk) 13:50, 16 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Etymology 

message: I entered 'balloon angioplasty' in the search bar and I was redirected to this page, which ostensibly tells me nothing about balloon angioplasty.  Do all forms of angioplasty use balloons?  How does balloon angioplasty work?  This article doesn't help me at all.  I'm going to research elsewhere and I may come back and add some clarifying material to the page for laypeople, but I invite anyone who already knows about balloon angioplasty to contribute instead, or in addition.--Jmjanzen (talk) 18:13, 11 April 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes, all angioplasty uses balloons. A good description can be found on the Percutaneous coronary intervention#Technique page.  Perhaps some of the material can be moved to the angioplasty page. Dlodge (talk) 18:25, 11 April 2008 (UTC)

text: *Agree  BakerStMD T|C 19:45, 14 December 2014 (UTC)

text: There is no such thing as chemical angioplasty - they are using the term in error when talking about invasive methods of injecting vasodilating drugs into the cerebral circulation. It is not a method of mechanically reshaping the vessel wall, it it using vasoactive drugs to affect the vessels innate smooth muscle. Dlodge (talk) 00:37, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

text: *Agree  BakerStMD T|C 19:45, 14 December 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Balloon angioplasty 

message: People with chronic chest pain who are not in big danger of a heart attack now may have even less reason to rush into an artery-opening angioplasty: There's more evidence drugs should be tried first and often are just as effective.   —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.224.46.255 (talk) 21:59, 13 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Study on angioplasty

message: The first link is misleading. The text of the link states that a PTCA procedure is on video, and it turns out to be a double bypass. I reccomend that the text be changed or the link be removed. I am referring to the text "A BBC film showing angioplasty being used for primary percutaneous intervention" with the link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/tees/content/articles/2008/11/21/jeffrey_bypass_feature.shtml
Atrawick (talk) 19:51, 24 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: External Links

message: It is well known that angioplasty was initially described by interventional radiologist Charles Dotter in 1964. 
Dotter, C.T. and M.P. Judkins. Transluminal treatment of arteriosclerotic obstruction. Circulation. Volume 30. Pages 654-670. 
http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/30/5/654
I think that the history section should be moved to directly after the introduction and should accurately depict Dr. Dotter as the inventor of the procedure.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 207.64.141.9 (talk) 21:10, 6 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  History Section is Inaccurate 

message: I would like to propose that this article be merged with Percutaneous coronary intervention -- and while i have proposed this on the PCI page, I am still unsure which should be merged where. This article seems to be in need of cleanup, and the PCI article at least seems to be more frequently edited. The complication is that Angioplasty has MeSH terms for it specifically, though it appears in some way to be a subset of PCI. The literature seems to refer to PCI more than angioplasty, at least recently. Either way, it seems worthy to discuss the merging of the two articles. UseTheCommandLine (talk) 22:35, 26 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merger Proposal 

message: This section doesn't appear to bear specifically to angioplasty, it sounds biased, and doesn't appear well-referenced.
I recommend removing it entirely, but it should minimally be reduced in scope to something that pertains more directly with angioplasty and perhaps the (higher?) risks associated with patient safety in this procedure.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 208.8.94.126 (talk) 15:54, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Identical content was cross-posted into several medical articles. I agree it is out of place and potentially biased; could be some sort of SEO attempt or something. I've removed it from all the pages I found it on, with the exception of Patient safety where it may, arguably, have a place. - EronTalk 17:03, 29 April 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Patient Safety" section is misplaced 

message: I just reorganized this article to follow WP:Medmos. The outline proposed there for operations and procedures is:
*Medical uses
*Contra-indications
*Technique (avoid step-by-step instructions)
*Risks/Complications
*Recovery or Rehabilitation
*History (e.g., when it was invented)
*Society and culture (includes legal issues, if any)
*Special populations
*Other animals
BakerStMD T|C 20:23, 13 January 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  WP:MEDMOS 

message: This article is of some academic interest to students and others either for pre-medical preparation or for a better understanding and handling of the reader's personal world (with its people and other creatures).
   The pictures of medical, anatomical entities, for a better appreciation of their importance in maintaining good health, may include a depiction of physical dimensions while in the human.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Vijay Chary (talk • contribs) 23:52, 25 April 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  sizes - (spatial dimensions = lengths, thicknesses), numbers  

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thread_title:  External links modified 

message: These are several additions and edits I would like to add to the angioplasty article:
Uses section:
Peripheral angioplasty: Systematic review finds that among patients with femoropopliteal arterial occlusive disease, drug-eluting balloon angioplasty had significantly less restenosis, late lumen loss and target lesion revascularization at both short term and midterms follow-up compared to uncoated balloon angioplasty. Reference: PMID: 27478005
Renal Artery Angioplasty: Systematic review suggests there is a weak recommendation for renal artery angioplasty in patients with renal artery stenosis and flash edema or congestive heart failure. Reference: PMID: 22455866
Venous angioplasty: Systematic review suggests there is a weak recommendation for deep venous stenting to treat obstructive chronic venous disease. Reference: PMID: 26464055
Risks and Complications section:
Systematic review of patients with Aortoiliac Occlusive Disease (AIOD) identifies distal embolization, access site hematomas, pseudoaneurysms, arterial ruptures and arterial dissections as potential adverse outcomes of angioplasty. Reference: PMID: 20598474
I want to add:
Cerebral Hyperperfusion Syndrome leading to stroke is a serious complication of carotid artery angioplasty with stenting. Reference: PMID: 30196814
Recovery section:
I want to add:
A systematic review finds concomitant use of Clopidogrel and Proton Pump Inhibitors following coronary angiography is associated with significantly higher adverse cardiovascular complications such as MACEs, stent thrombosis and myocardial infarction. Long-term mortality is not significantly different, though. Reference: PMID: 28056809
References section:
Remove reference 5 which links to unrelated breast imaging page.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mrwikimed (talk • contribs) 19:56, 9 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Workplan to edit and add to this page 

message: Here is some comments by particular topics. Overall looks really good.
Target Audience readability: I think this topic is a difficult one for the general population to fully understand. I think you did well explaining it to the target audience (Probably mostly non-physicians). I like how many of the harder to understand words are linked to fully understand them. Some sentences may be hard for the general population to understand. For example “late lumen loss and target lesion revascularization”, but there really isn't that many ways to reword it without sounding like a run-on sentence. Overall really good on a topic that is hard. 
Citations: Look mostly solid. Links work to most, number 3,26, and 31 aren’t working. 28 and 29 aren’t particularly reliable.
Workplan: Definitely completed goal and much more than what is on workplan.
Media: I think these are good. Somewhat repetitive between 1st image and 4th image, but show a clear picture of what is happening.
Structure/Content: Good flow, no run-on sentences. Could add who performs these procedures and talk about age. Additionally, you speak about it more in certain categories and mention that it is for atherosclerotic disease, but you could mention the symptoms that it helps. For example you mention for PAD and could talk about relieving some claudication, or CAD and SOB/CP. Really clear on complications which I think most people viewing the page would be looking at. 
Neutrality: Looks neutral
Again, well done. I can tell a lot of effort was put into editing it.
ErBec (talk) 21:15, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  WikiProject Medicine Peer Review