{"id":130936,"date":"2026-10-28T13:12:28","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T07:42:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=130936"},"modified":"2026-10-28T13:15:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T07:45:25","slug":"angioplasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/angioplasty\/","title":{"rendered":"Angioplasty: Kerala CM&#8217;s Remarks on Unnecessary Procedures Spark Medical Debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Angioplasty Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keralam Chief Minister\u2019s recent remarks questioning \u201cunnecessary\u201d angioplasty procedures have drawn objections from medical organisations concerned that it could undermine public confidence in doctors. <\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Angioplasty<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>minimally invasive procedure<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b>opens arteries <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(large blood vessels) to <\/span><b>let blood flow more easily.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the term angioplasty, \u201cangio\u201d means blood vessel, and \u201cplasty\u201d is opening up.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It most commonly <\/span><b>treats atherosclerosis<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (a <\/span><b>collection of plaque<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> made of fat and cholesterol) <\/span><b>in your arteries.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angioplasties are often necessary to try to <\/span><b>prevent serious complications<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of atherosclerosis, like <\/span><b>heart attack and stroke.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Angioplasties are <\/span><b>generally safe <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">procedures. They\u2019re<\/span><b> less invasive than other heart and vascular procedures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><b>like bypass surgery.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Types <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of angioplasty: The two most common include:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Coronary artery angioplasty.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The coronary arteries are major <\/span><b>blood vessels<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b>supply blood to your hear<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">t. Another name for this procedure is <\/span><b>percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Peripheral artery angioplasty<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b>Peripheral arteries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are blood vessels that<\/span><b> carry blood away from your heart <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to your extremities, like your legs and arms.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Different angioplasty <\/span><b>techniques include:<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Balloon Angioplasty<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Most angioplasty procedures involve a <\/span><b>tiny medical balloon <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to <\/span><b>move the plaque <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">out of the way and off to the side of the artery wall.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Angioplasty with or without stenting: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your provider may or may not <\/span><b>place a permanent stent <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(a small tube) <\/span><b>in the newly opened artery<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to <\/span><b>help keep it open. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stent placement comes after most angioplasties.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Excimer laser coronary angioplasty (ELCA)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: This is an <\/span><b>alternative to using a balloon<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to unblock a coronary artery. The <\/span><b>laser destroys the plaque.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It\u2019s not as common as balloon angioplasty.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/opinion\/op-ed\/are-coronary-stents-necessary\/article71633062.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>TH<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kerala Chief Minister&#8217;s remarks questioning unnecessary angioplasty procedures have triggered objections from medical organisations. The controversy has renewed discussion about the appropriate use of angioplasty, a minimally invasive treatment that helps restore blood flow through narrowed or blocked arteries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":130910,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[11190],"class_list":["post-130936","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","tag-angioplasty","no-featured-image-padding"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130936","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=130936"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130936\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":130975,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/130936\/revisions\/130975"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/130910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=130936"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=130936"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=130936"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}