Word: balloon
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...camera or treated it with such relaxed irreverence. Kovacs' live shows were an engaging mix of scripted bits (with such recurring characters as the lisping poet Percy Dovetonsils) and raucous improvisation (to fill an extra minute at the end of one show, Kovacs tossed a big balloon into the audience...
With the new procedure, doctors insert a catheter into an artery in the patient's arm or leg. The catheter is pushed through the circulatory system to the heart. When it reaches the diseased valve, a balloon on the tip of the catheter is inflated. Once it's successfully opened the valve, the balloon is deflated and removed...
...technique, called balloon valvuloplasty, has been shown to be effective in opening up heart valves that are narrowed by scarring or calcium buildups. A similar procedure, called balloon angioplasty, is often used to clean out clogged arteries...
...Balloon Therapy...
...report on use of the balloon therapy by doctors at the Harvard-affiliated Beth Israel Hospital was published in the July issue of the journal Circulation...