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