RT Book, Section
A1 Ghazzal, Ziyad
A2 Samady, Habib
A2 Fearon, William F.
A2 Yeung, Alan C.
A2 King III, Spencer B.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146598327
T1 Coronary Balloon Angioplasty
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=1146598327
RD 2024/04/23
AB Percutaneous  transluminal  coronary  angioplasty  (PTCA)  was  first  described  by  Andreas  Gruentzig  in  1976,  when  he  reported  the  successful  application  of  the  new  technique  in  canine  coronary  experiments.  Dr.  Gruentzig  designed  and  assembled  balloon  dilation  catheters  in  his  own  kitchen.  He  performed  the  first  coronary  angioplasty  in  a  conscious  human  patient  in  September  1977  in  Zurich,  Switzerland.  The  dilation  catheter  consisted  of  a  balloon  attached  to  a  long  shaft  and  a  short  wire  attached  to  its  tip.  Soon  after,  balloon  catheters  were  designed  with  a  central  guidewire  lumen.  Since  the  introduction  of  balloon  angioplasty,  major  advancements  have  taken  place  in  the  field  of  percutaneous  coronary  interventions,  but  the  majority  of  cases  still  require  dilatation  of  the  lesion  with  a  balloon  catheter  even  when  a  stent  or  other  devices  are  used.  In  many  instances,  lesion  preparation  is  crucial  prior  to  stent  deployment.