Guidelines for percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

Guidelines for Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty

It is becoming more apparent each day that despite a strong national commitment to excellence in health care, the resources and personnel are finite. It is, therefore, appropriate that the medical profession examine the impact of developing technology on the practice and cost of medical care. Such analysis, carefully conducted, could potentially impact on the cost of medical care without dimini...

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is a nonoperative mechanical dilatation of atherosclerotic coronary artery stenosis by a balloon-tipped dilating catheter system. This method can effectively reduce highly stenotic coronary lesions and provide early recovery of ischemic but viable myocardium. The technique of transluminal angioplasty was originally devised by Dotter and Judk...

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty.

Guidelines for the Performance of Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty Prepared

PERCUTANEOUS transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) is a new, innovative, nonoperative technique for treating selected patients with coronary artery disease.1 Data from the PTCA Registry of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute indicate that PTCA can reduce the extent of coronary artery stenosis.2 Successful PTCA can relieve angina pectoris and improve objective signs of myocardial is...

[Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA)].

In 1959, Dr. Mason Sones reported on selective coronary arteriography, a technique that quickly became the standard for precise diagnosis of coronary artery disease. In the early 1960s Drs. Dotter and Judkins introduced the original concept of using a catheter to dilate an atherosclerotic obstruction in a peripheral artery. Now, almost 2 decades later, the selective coronary catheter is being p...