A procedure in which a balloon-tipped catheter is guided to the site of the coronary artery blockage and inflated to expand the artery by compressing the plaque against the wall of the artery is abbreviated as a(n)

A. AED
B. ACE
C. tPA
D. PTCA
E. CABG


Answer: D

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