Riverdale, Iowa - Overview: 2000 Census: Counts: Percentages: Total Population: Total Population: 656: 100.00% : Population by Race: Asian alone: 1: 0.15%: Black or African American alone: 4: 0.61%: Some other race alone: 3: 0.46%: Two or more races: 6: 0.91%: White alone: 642: 97.87% : Population by Hispanic or Latino Origin (of any race) Persons Not of Hispanic or Latino Origin: 641: 97.71%
balloon angioplasty. [bÉloÌoÌnâ²]. a method of dilating or opening an obstructed blood vessel by threading a small, balloon-tipped catheter into the vessel. The balloon is inflated to compress arteriosclerotic lesions against the walls of the vessel, leaving a larger lumen, through which blood can pass.
An angioplasty is a procedure used to unblock coronary arteries without the need for open heart surgery. An angioplasty is a procedure that can be used to open blocked arteries in the heart (known as coronary arteries) and improve blood and oxygen flow to your heart without open heart surgery. It is common for an expandable device, called a stent, to be inserted into your blocked artery after angioplasty.