Coronary Revascularization in Context  

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Lange, Richard A. ; Hillis, L. David

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: The New England Journal of Medicine (keterangan: ada di Proquest) vol. 360 no. 10 (Mar. 2009), page 1024.

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Perpustakaan FK Nomor Panggil: N08.K.2009.02 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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Coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG), introduced in 1968, was the only method of coronary revascularization until 1977, when percutaneous balloon angioplasty was first performed. The complications of balloon angioplasty (acute vessel closure in 3 to 5% of patients and restenosis in almost half) prevented its use in patients with severe coronary artery disease. In the 1990s, the introduction of bare-metal stents led to reduced rates of these complications. The improved short-term and long-term procedural success with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) allowed for its safe and effective performance in patients with severe coronary artery disease. By the year 2000, more PCI procedures . . .

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