The procedure whereby a small balloon is placed into a partially occluded coronary artery and then inflated to increase blood flow through the artery is called a/an ________.
A. urokinase injection
B. angiogram
C. tissue plasminogen activation
D. coronary bypass
E. angioplasty
Answer: E
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