Dallas ? It’s not as routine as having your teeth cleaned, but a growing number of people are going to hospitals to get their heart arteries unclogged and going home the same day.

New research presented by Canadian researchers Sunday at an American Heart Assn. conference suggests a new approach to angioplasty makes it safe to send patients home the same day. Complications were no greater for those who went home a few hours afterward than for those who were hospitalized overnight.

“This is the kind of study that’s going to turn the trend” and get more doctors to try it, said Dr. Timothy Gardner, a Delaware cardiologist who heads the meeting committee but did not have a role in the research.

Angioplasty is one of the most common medical techniques in the world.