You had<unk>  (ballooning) of a<unk>  artery, a blood vessel that supplies blood to your legs or arms. You may have also had a stent placed. These procedures were done to open a narrowed or blocked<unk>  artery.
Your doctor inserted a catheter (flexible tube) into your blocked artery through a tiny hole in your groin. Your doctor used x-rays to guide the catheter up to the area of the blockage. Then your doctor passed a guide wire through the catheter to the blockage. A balloon catheter was pushed over the guide wire and into the blockage. The balloon on the end was blown up. This opened the blocked vessel and restored proper blood flow to your heart. A stent is usually placed to prevent the vessel from collapsing again.
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