title: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: update 1988.
abstract: This report updates the current indications, techniques and investigational devices used in a busy interventional cardiology practice. Specific attention is devoted toward the problem areas of thrombolytic treatment of acute myocardial infarction, restenosis after angioplasty and the use of angioplasty in the treatment of multivessel coronary artery disease.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Pinkerton
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Slack
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Orr
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: VanTassel
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Nasser
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000639:trends*; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000628:therapy*; D014481:United States