Open AccessTopography of atherosclerotic coronary artery disease
Author(s) -
Waller Bruce,
Waller B. F.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
clinical cardiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.263
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1932-8737
pISSN - 0160-9289
DOI - 10.1002/clc.4960130613
Subject(s) - medicine , angioplasty , atherectomy , stenosis , cardiology , coronary artery disease , coronary arteries , coronary heart disease , radiology , artery , vascular disease , stent , restenosis
This article reviews several issues relevant to current interest in coronary angioplasty, acute reperfusion, and the use of new interventional devices (stents, probes, atherectomy devices, etc.): diffuse versus focal nature of plaque, the number of vessels severely diseased, quantitation of luminal stenosis and length of stenosis, and the distribution of plaque in the four major coronary arteries in various clinical ischemic subsets.