What are the most common locations for angioplasty?

What are the most common locations for an angioplasty? The most common locations for angioplasty are in the coronary arteries. Most commonly this is performed via a tube that is inserted and is passed up the radial artery which is an artery in the wrist and from that artery we are able to find our way into the heart arteries and using x-ray and contrast we are able to have a look at the arteries identify where important narrowings are and then treat those with balloons to stretch that narrowing open and almost always followed by stent implantation which is a metal mesh to ensure that that blood vessel remains open. The looking of the arteries which is called a diagnostic angiogram takes approximately 10 or 15 minutes. You are awake during the procedure. It is generally not painful. The cardiologist will infiltrate some very small amounts of local anesthetic around where we insert the tube and that's probably the only uncomfortable bit. It's the same medication that the dentist uses to numb the area and after that you should really just feel some pushing and pulling but no pain. If you do suffer pain it's important you tell your treating doctor who can improve things with further administration of painkiller if required.