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Efficacy and safety of coronary balloon angioplasty and directional atherectomy.

Author(s) -

L. David Hillis

Publication year - 1990

Publication title -

circulation

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795

H-Index - 607

eISSN - 1524-4539

pISSN - 0009-7322

DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.82.1.305

Subject(s) - medicine , angioplasty , balloon , medical emergency , surgery , cardiology

In this issue of Circulation, Safian et all describe their experience with directional coronary atherectomy. The procedure was successful in removing 88% of lesions, and only one of 67 patients required emergency coronary bypass surgery. However, according to life-table analysis, 30% of the lesions restenosed in the ensuing 6 months. Thus, coronary atherectomy appears to be effective and safe in selected patients, but the incidence of restenosis is high. How do the results of this study and those from other centers using this procedure compare with

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