During which surgical procedure is a balloon catheter threaded into the narrowed area of a closed vessel and inflated to stretch the vessel open again?

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This surgical procedure is known as angioplasty, where a balloon catheter is passed through the narrowed area of a closed blood vessel and then inflated to open up the vessel and improve blood flow. Options B, C, and D are not relevant to this procedure.

During Which Surgical Procedure Is a Balloon Catheter Threaded into the Narrowed