title: [Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty--treatment of symptoms or treatment of cause?].
abstract: Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty is a highly efficient therapy of an acute arterial occlusion, particularly in the coronary system. Arteriosclerosis is the most common cause of an acute occlusion of a coronary artery. However, arteriosclerosis is not only limited to the coronary circulation but is a panarterial disease. The molecular characterization of the underlying disease process and, consecutively, the individual typing of arteriosclerosis forms the basis of a targeted, personalized drug therapy. First approaches of such targeted therapies to treat arterioscleroses are currently tested in randomized, controlled trials.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Universitätsklinik, Kantonsspital Bruderholz. barbara.biedermann@unibas.ch
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Biedermann
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D023921:Coronary Stenosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy*; D010166:Palliative Care; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D016896:Treatment Outcome