TY - JOUR
T1 - Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
AU - Landau, Charles
AU - Lange, Richard A.
AU - Hillis, L. David
PY - 1994/4/7
Y1 - 1994/4/7
N2 - The nonsurgical treatment of arteries narrowed by atherosclerosis was introduced in 1964, when Dotter and Judkins performed transluminal angioplasty of femoral arterial stenoses1. In the 1970s, Gruntzig modified the dilation catheter to allow its use in coronary arteries,2 and in September 1977 he performed the first percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in a patient. PTCA has since been used in many patients with stable angina, unstable angina, or acute myocardial infarction. Its use was initially limited to the treatment of discrete stenoses in proximal segments of a coronary artery, but improvements in equipment and technique have led to its.
AB - The nonsurgical treatment of arteries narrowed by atherosclerosis was introduced in 1964, when Dotter and Judkins performed transluminal angioplasty of femoral arterial stenoses1. In the 1970s, Gruntzig modified the dilation catheter to allow its use in coronary arteries,2 and in September 1977 he performed the first percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in a patient. PTCA has since been used in many patients with stable angina, unstable angina, or acute myocardial infarction. Its use was initially limited to the treatment of discrete stenoses in proximal segments of a coronary artery, but improvements in equipment and technique have led to its.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM199404073301407
DO - 10.1056/NEJM199404073301407
M3 - Review article
C2 - 8121462
AN - SCOPUS:0028323629
VL - 330
SP - 981
EP - 993
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
SN - 0028-4793
IS - 14
ER -