|| Balloon angioplasty is a technique to restore blood flow through coronary arteries that have been narrowed by the build-up of plaque. The surgeon threads a catheter into the cor- onary artery, then inflates a balloon that compresses the plaque against the wall of the artery. Suppose a diseased coronary ar- tery has a diameter of 2.0 mm. To what diameter must it be expanded to increase the blood flow by a factor of 5.0 with no change in pressure?

|| Balloon angioplasty is a technique to restore blood flow through coronary arteries that have been narrowed by the build-up of plaque. The surgeon threads a catheter into the cor- onary artery, then inflates a balloon that compresses the plaque against the wall of the artery. Suppose a diseased coronary ar- tery has a diameter of 2.0 mm. To what diameter must it be expanded to increase the blood flow by a factor of 5.0 with no change in pressure?

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Chapter12: Fluid Dynamics And Its Biological And Medical Applications

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