TY - JOUR
T1 - Re-Stenosis after Successful Coronary Angioplasty
AU - Mcbride, Wade
AU - Lange, Richard A
AU - Hillis, L. David
PY - 1988/6/30
Y1 - 1988/6/30
N2 - OVER the past decade, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty has gained wide acceptance as the procedure of choice in many patients with atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. As experience with the procedure has grown, its rate of success has risen to approximately 90 percent and the incidence of acute complications has fallen; as a result, emergency coronary-artery bypass surgery is required in less than 4 percent of patients.123 Despite these improvements, re-Stenosis in the days, weeks, or months after successful angioplasty of a narrowed coronary artery occurs in 25 to 35 percent of patients,34567 or 45 to 55 percent of those with.
AB - OVER the past decade, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty has gained wide acceptance as the procedure of choice in many patients with atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. As experience with the procedure has grown, its rate of success has risen to approximately 90 percent and the incidence of acute complications has fallen; as a result, emergency coronary-artery bypass surgery is required in less than 4 percent of patients.123 Despite these improvements, re-Stenosis in the days, weeks, or months after successful angioplasty of a narrowed coronary artery occurs in 25 to 35 percent of patients,34567 or 45 to 55 percent of those with.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198806303182606
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198806303182606
M3 - Article
C2 - 2967434
AN - SCOPUS:0023904401
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 318
SP - 1734
EP - 1737
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 26
ER -