PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Conrad Simpfendorfer
AU  - Valerie Knezinek
AU  - Khosrow Dorosti
AU  - Irving Franco
AU  - Jay Hollman
AU  - Patrick Whitlow
TI  - A six-year evolution of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
DP  - 1988 Jul 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 299--302
VI  - 55
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/55/4/299.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/55/4/299.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med1988 Jul 01; 55
AB  - Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) was initially introduced as an alternative to coronary bypass surgery for patients with single-vessel disease, and its use has expanded over the years to include patients with acute myocardial infarction and multivessel disease, as well as those who have previously undergone coronary bypass surgery. Distribution, indications, and results are analyzed on a year-to-year basis from a cohort of 3,973 patients treated by PTCA at the Cleveland Clinic from 1981 through 1986.