RT Book, Section
A1 White, Christopher J.
A2 Samady, Habib
A2 Fearon, William F.
A2 Yeung, Alan C.
A2 King III, Spencer B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146605591
T1 Carotid and Vertebral Artery Intervention
T2 Interventional Cardiology, 2e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780071820363
LK accesscardiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146605591
RD 2024/04/24
AB The  era  of  percutaneous  or  endovascular  revascularization  techniques  was  ushered  in  by  Dotter  in  1964,  and  then  advanced  by  Gruentzig  with  the  invention  of  the  balloon  angioplasty  catheter.  The  technique  of  percutaneous  transluminal  angioplasty  (PTA)  has  been  used  in  both  peripheral  and  coronary  vessels  to  great  success  and,  in  many  circumstances,  has  largely  replaced  surgical  therapy  as  the  treatment  choice.  The  use  of  PTA  in  the  extracranial  carotid  circulation  began  in  Europe.  In  a  worldwide  survey  of  carotid  intervention  published  in  1998,  the  specialty  of  cardiology  was  dominant,  responsible  for  more  than  60%  of  all  the  reported  cases.  Cardiologists  have  continued  to  lead  this  field  with  the  development  of  embolic  protection  devices  (EPDs);  initially  proven  in  saphenous  vein  graft  intervention,  cardiologists  are  already  comfortable  using  this  technology.