{"id":7893,"date":"2012-07-13T05:51:52","date_gmt":"2012-07-13T05:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiophile.org\/?p=7893"},"modified":"2023-05-12T20:04:08","modified_gmt":"2023-05-12T14:34:08","slug":"ptca-balloon-at-obtuse-marginal-om-lesion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/ptca-balloon-at-obtuse-marginal-om-lesion\/","title":{"rendered":"PTCA balloon at obtuse marginal (OM) lesion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TunEqS_EyUo\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">PTCA balloon at obtuse marginal (OM) lesion<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7894\" title=\"Balloon at OM lesion\" src=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Balloon-at-OM-lesion.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Balloon-at-OM-lesion.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Balloon-at-OM-lesion-300x251.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><br \/>\n<b>PTCA balloon at obtuse marginal (OM) lesion<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Left coronary angiogram, partially filled frame, showing PTCA balloon positioned at a lesion in the obtuse marginal branch of the left circumflex coronary artery. The vessel is underfilled possibly because of worsening of obstruction by the balloon. This balloon has a proximal and a distal radio-opaque marker. Some smaller balloons have only one radio-opaque marker in the middle. The check angio is taken to make sure that the balloon is positioned exactly across the lesion before inflation. The more radio opaque floppy end of the PTCA guide wire can be seen distally in the obtuse marginal branch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Left coronary angiogram showing PTCA balloon positioned at a lesion in the obtuse marginal (OM) branch of the left circumflex coronary (LCX) artery<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59476,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-angiography-and-interventions","post_format-post-format-image"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>PTCA balloon at obtuse marginal (OM) lesion - All About Cardiovascular System and Disorders<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Left coronary angiogram showing PTCA balloon positioned at a lesion in the obtuse marginal (OM) branch of the left circumflex coronary (LCX) artery\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/professional\/ptca-balloon-at-obtuse-marginal-om-lesion\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"PTCA balloon at obtuse marginal (OM) lesion - 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