C oronary restenosis is a complex medical problem whose analysis has led to the
development of a variety of conceptual models (paradigms). 1 The term" restenosis" has …

Twenty years have passed since the beginning of clinical interventional cardiology on the
occasion of the first angioplasty procedure performed by Andreas Gruentzig. This discipline …

The results of follow-up angiography in patients from 27 clinical centers enrolled in the
PTCA Registry were analyzed to evaluate restenosis after PTCA. Of 665 patients with …

To determine predictors of acute coronary closure after PTCA performed with steerable
catheter systems, we compared 140 procedures complicated by acute closure and 311 …

We prospectively recorded all in-hospital complications of the first 3500 consecutive patients
to undergo elective coronary angioplasty (PTCA) at Emory University Hospitals from July 14 …

To evaluate the effect of balloon size and inflation pressure on acute and subsequent
outcome following balloon angioplasty (BA), 70 New Zealand White rabbits with bilateral …

No prospective, randomized clinical trial comparing coronary artery bypass grafting,
percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, and conservative therapy has been …

BACKGROUND The effectiveness of balloon angioplasty is limited by a restenosis rate of
approximately 30%. Recombinant desulphatohirudin (r-hirudin [CGP 39393]) has been …

Coronary angioplasty was attempted in 1,074 consecutive patients, including 169 patients
with total (100%) occlusion (group 1), 102 patients with functional total (99%) occlusion …

Determination of the restenosis rate after multilesion percutaneous transluminal coronary
angioplasty is an important consideration in denning expanded indica tions for the …