RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 A six-year evolution of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP 299
OP 302
VO 55
IS 4
A1 Simpfendorfer, Conrad
A1 Knezinek, Valerie
A1 Dorosti, Khosrow
A1 Franco, Irving
A1 Hollman, Jay
A1 Whitlow, Patrick
YR 1988
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/55/4/299.abstract
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.