In 2011, the health care industry consumed an average of 9.3 percent of the GDP or US$ 3,322 (PPP-adjusted) per capita across the 34 members of OECD countries.
30 terms Term: Endoscopy. Definition: Visual examination of a body cavity or canal using a specialized lighted instrument called an endoscope. Endoscopy is used for biopsy, surgery, aspirating fluids, and coagulating bleeding areas.
Angiography is an imaging technique used to visualise the interiors of blood vessels, and is a diognosis procedure. Angioplasty, on the other hand, is the technique of mechanically widening a narrowed or obstructed blood vessel. Tightly folded balloons are passed into the narrowed locations and then inflated to a fixed size using water pressures some 75 to 500 times normal blood pressure, and is a treatment procedure.