Date: Tue, 19 Aug 1997 19:03:29 -0400

From: Orin Hargraves OKH[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]COMPUSERVE.COM

Subject: angioplasty vt?



From my brother I have the following e-mail message:



Aunt Nellie has been to Denver to see a heart specialist. She had some

blockages in her coronary arteries and aorta. They angioplastied some, bu=

t

she will have to have more surgery to clear the remainder in her aorta. S=

he

is doing better though.





Is the verbal usage of angioplasty a coinage, or elsewhere attested? It

seems like a pretty natural jump but this is the first I've seen or heard=



of it.



Orin Hargraves

438 Bankard Road

Westminster, MD 21158