Recent Advances in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Coronary Artery Disease.
- Author:
Seung Jea TAHK
1
Author Information
1. Department of Cardiology, Ajou University Medical Center, Korea. sjtahk@ajou.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Percutaneous coronary intervention;
Restenosis;
Drug eluting stent
- MeSH:
Acute Coronary Syndrome;
Cardiovascular Diseases;
Coronary Artery Disease*;
Coronary Stenosis;
Coronary Vessels*;
Dilatation;
Drug-Eluting Stents;
Humans;
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention*
- From:Hanyang Medical Reviews
2006;26(2):52-60
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
Since A. Gruentzig performed successful balloon dilatation of coronary artery stenosis in a patient in 1977, the development of interventional treatment of coronary artery disease was truly remarkable. Drug eluting stents overcame restenosis, the impregnable limitation of percutaneous coronary intervention. Percutaneous coronary intervention became a key treatment in acute coronary syndrome. Intravascular imaging and physiologic studies made tremendous contributions in understanding the mechanism and pathophysiology of coronary artery disease, and in getting over the limitations of interventional treatment. Interventional treatment is replacing surgical treatment and will play a major role not only in coronary artery disease, but also in other cardiovascular diseases.
