TY - JOUR T1 - A six-year evolution of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty JF - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine JO - Cleve Clin J Med SP - 299 LP - 302 VL - 55 IS - 4 AU - Conrad Simpfendorfer AU - Valerie Knezinek AU - Khosrow Dorosti AU - Irving Franco AU - Jay Hollman AU - Patrick Whitlow Y1 - 1988/07/01 UR - http://www.ccjm.org/content/55/4/299.abstract N2 - 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. ER -