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Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty in Octogenarians
Annals of Internal Medicine, 1990To assess the safety and short- and long-term outcomes of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in octogenarians.Retrospective chart review of clinical series.Referral-based university medical center.Consecutive series of 54 octogenarian patients (mean age, 82.4 years) who had percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty between March 1980 ...
M O, Jeroudi +6 more
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Rescue percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty
Current Opinion in Cardiology, 1998Fibrinolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction, even with the most efficient regimens available, is fraught with a substantial proportion of failures to reopen the occluded vessel. The term rescue percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) has been introduced to describe an attempt to mechanically recanalize the infarct vessel if ...
F A, Flachskampf, S G, Ellis
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Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in octogenarians
The American Journal of Cardiology, 1988Abstract Extensive data are available on the results of nonoperative coronary revascularization using percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in patients over the age of 65, 1–3 but few data are available in the subgroup of patients in their octogenarian years.
M J, Kern +8 more
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Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty in Women
Cardiology, 2008Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) for coronary artery disease is currently as successful in women as it is in men. Acute and long-term results are similar for both sexes. Differences in the size of the coronary arteries may have accounted for gender differences in earlier series.
S, Whitfield, J S, Alpert
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Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty in the Elderly
Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, 1996Selected elderly patients, even the very elderly, can undergo percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) with a high expected rate of procedural success; however, procedural mortality is higher than in younger patients and, although long-term survival is very good, long-term relief of angina is less reliable.
R C, Thompson, D R, Holmes
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Update on Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty
Cardiology Clinics, 1988Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty was first performed in a human coronary artery in 1977. In this article, we review the possible mechanisms of angioplasty, current indications for angioplasty, and complications of angioplasty including acute closure and restenosis.
H S, Cabin, M W, Cleman
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Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in hypothyroidism
The American Journal of Medicine, 1991To determine the risks of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in hypothyroid individuals.In a retrospective cohort study, 13 patients with primary hypothyroidism were identified among 382 consecutive PTCA cases in 1987. Twenty-two euthyroid PTCA control subjects and 13 hypothyroid patients who underwent coronary artery bypass surgery (
S I, Sherman, P W, Ladenson
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Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty in hemophilia
American Heart Journal, 1986M B, Forman +4 more
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[Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty].
Therapeutische Umschau. Revue therapeutique, 1991Since its first application in a patient, PTCA has undergone a tremendous evolution: Based on growing experience and due to technical developments, indications have been markedly extended. Despite the fact that PTCA has been used in more risky situations, the primary success rate has risen and the rate of severe complications has dropped.
M, Pfisterer +3 more
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