title: [Preliminary experience with the catheter dilatation of coronary artery stenoses (author's transl)].
abstract: The method of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) may in selected cases dramatically improve myocardial blood supply. Seven attempts were made between September and December 1978 at the Gollwitzer-Meier Institute of Cardiology; three dilatations were unsuccessful, two were moderately successful and two highly successful. The problems as to methodology and selection of patients submitted to this procedure are discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000790:Angiocardiography; D001158:Arteries; D001241:Aspirin / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000379:methods*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy*; D003331:Coronary Vessels; D004106:Dilatation; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010974:Platelet Aggregation / Q000187:drug effects; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D001241:Aspirin
vernacular_title: Erste Erfahrungen mit der Katheterdilatation von Koronararterienstenosen.