Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: catheter technology and procedural guidelines.

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: catheter technology and procedural guidelines.

In the April issue of the British Heart Journal de Feyter et al from the Thoraxcenter described their angioplasty experience with the monorail technique in 1000 patients.' The results were excellent with success in 920O of cases and major complications in only 3.30O* They concluded that the monorail technique is safe and effective but, in the absence of a randomised trial, were careful to avoid...

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.

Assessment of patients skin dose undergoing coronary angiography and Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA)

Background: Practice of interventional cardiology procedures such as Coronary angiography (CA) and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) has largely increased in recent years and is now changing to a matter of routine in many hospitals. The purpose of this study was to measure skin and organ doses in patients undergoing CA and PTCA and to find a probable relation with c...