title: [Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty in atherosclerosis].
abstract: Percutaneous transluminal balloon angioplasty has achieved a dominant role in the interventional treatments of atherosclerotic peripheral, renal, and coronary artery disease. Improved operator's technique and equipment design have increased the primary success rate. Despite improved success rate and safety, acute closure, late restenosis and difficulty in treating chronic total occlusions or diffuse lesions remain as serious limitations of this procedure. To overcome these limitations of balloon angioplasty, new devices such as stenting, atherectomy or laser ablation have been developed. Although there are many problems for each device, these techniques appear to reduce the limitations in angioplasty.
authors.affiliation: Third Department of Internal Medicine Ohashi Hospital, Toho University School of Medicine.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukushima
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamaguchi
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D016342:Angioplasty, Laser / Q000379:methods; D001161:Arteriosclerosis / Q000628:therapy*; D017073:Atherectomy / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D012008:Recurrence; D012307:Risk Factors; D015607:Stents