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How is your weekend going? Ready for the answer to the #NCLEX Mastery Question of the Day? The nurse is educating a patient scheduled to undergo a percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). The nurse explains that a balloon-tipped catheter will: A. Compress plaque against the walls of the coronary arteries •During a PTCA, a balloon-tipped catheter is inserted into the femoral or radial artery and is advanced into the coronary arteries. Then, the balloon is inflated to compress the atheromatous plaque against the walls of the vessel, resulting in a patent vessel. •Option B describes the placement of a stent. •Option C describes a process done during cardiac catheterization. •Option D describes coronary atherectomy. #Nursingschool #Nursingstudent
Posted on: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 01:00:01 +0000

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