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A new catheter laboratory at Cheltenham General Hospital means 400 extra life-saving angioplasty procedures can be performed in the county each year.
The new �2m lab built alongside an existing cardiac laboratory has already started treating its first patients.
In the procedure a small balloon is inflated in narrowed coronary arteries to open them and restore circulation.
A hospital spokesman said it was "excellent news" for heart patients throughout Gloucestershire.
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