thesis
The pathobiology of human coronary atheroma: contributions of interventional cardiology
- Publication date
- 6 April 1994
- Publisher
- The development of coronary angiography facilitated a complete new assessment
of coronary circulation in humans, opening a new age in the study and treatment
of coronary artery disease. A second revolution came from furrher developments
of cardiac catheterisation that made possible the performance of percutaneous therapeutic
procedures in the coronary arteries. During the last: 10 years balloon
angioplasry has become not only a useful therapeutic tool for clinicians, but also
as a model of myocardial ischaemia and vessel wall damage for researchers. More
recendy, the development of new percutaneous intracoronary devices has provided
new opportunities in the study of the pathophysiology of coronary artery dise