Coronary Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty
Authors: TOBY R. ENGEL
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1979)

Editorial Notes1 February 1979Coronary Percutaneous Transluminal AngioplastyTOBY R. ENGEL, M.D., STEVEN G. MEISTER, M.D.TOBY R. ENGEL, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, STEVEN G. MEISTER, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-90-2-268 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptLast summer the popular news media, ever eager for a "breakthrough," gave a good bit of space and time to a new approach to the treatment of coronary heart disease, coronary percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (1-3). In this technique a guiding catheter introduced via the femoral artery is positioned in the orifice of the right or left main coronary artery. A very small caliber balloon-tipped catheter is then passed through the guiding catheter and, if possible, advanced through a coronary stenosis so that the balloon is positioned within the lesion (which cannot be done when the stenosis is most critical, for...References1. Blow up in the arteries. Tiny balloon unclogs heart blood vessels. Time Magazine. 1978 July 3:85 Google Scholar2. CRAWFORD C: Columbia Broadcasting System Evening News, 1978 July 14 Google Scholar3. New procedure aids some heart patients. Opens clogged arteries by the use of balloon. The New York Times. 1978 June 17:22. New York, June 15 Google Scholar4. WINNE J: Bypassing the bypass: a balloon shows the way. The Courier-Post [New Jersey]. 1978 November 7:8 Google Scholar5. GRÜNTZIG A, MYLER R, STERTZER S, KALTENBACH M, and TURINA M: Coronary percutaneous transluminal angioplasty: preliminary results (abstract). Circulation 58(suppl II):II-56, 1978 MedlineGoogle Scholar6. HIRZEL H, GRÜENTZIG A, NUESCH K, KRAYENBUEHL H, and HORST W: Thallium-201 imaging for the evaluation of myocardial perfusion after percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of coronary artery stenosis (abstract). Circulation 58(suppl II):II-180, 1978 MedlineGoogle Scholar7. BAUGHMAN K, PASTERNAK R, FALLON J, and BLOCK P: Coronary transluminal angioplasty in autopsied human hearts (abstract). Circulation 58(suppl II):II-80, 1978 MedlineGoogle Scholar8. FREUDENBERG H, WEFING H, and LICHTLEN P: Risks of transluminal coronary angioplasty. A postmortal study (abstract). Circulation 58(suppl II):II-80, 1978 MedlineGoogle Scholar9. SIMPSON J, ROBERT E, BILLINGHAM M, MYLER R, and HARRISON D: Coronary transluminal angioplasty in human cadaver hearts (abstract). Circulation 58(supp. II):II-80, 1978 MedlineGoogle Scholar10. LEE G, IKEDA R, MASON D, JOYE J, KAKU R, BOGREN H, and DEMARIA A: Effective dilation of human coronary artery obstruction due to atherosclerosis utilizing a balloon-tip catheter (abstract). Circulation 58(suppl II):II-80, 1978 MedlineGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: TOBY R. ENGEL, M.D.; STEVEN G. MEISTER, M.D.Affiliations: The Medical College of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byTransluminal Angioplasty: A Comprehensive, Chronological Bibliography 1964–1982Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary AngioplastyDAVID H. SPODICK, M.D., D.SC. 1 February 1979Volume 90, Issue 2Page: 268-269KeywordsAngioplastyCathetersCoronary angioplastyCoronary arteriesCoronary heart diseaseFemoral arteriesLesionsPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyStenosis ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 February 1979 Copyright & Permissions©1979 American College of PhysiciansPDF downloadLoading ...