Meier, Bernhard (2006). The current and future state of interventional cardiology: a critical appraisal. Cardiology, 106(3), pp. 174-89. Basel: Karger 10.1159/000092957
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After 75 years of invasive and over 50 years of interventional cardiology, cardiac catheter-based procedures have become the most frequently used interventions of modern medicine. Patients undergoing a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) outnumber those with coronary artery bypass surgery by a factor of 2 to 4. The default approach to PCI is the implantation of a (drug-eluting) stent, in spite of the fact that it improves the results of balloon angioplasty only in about 25% of cases. The dominance of stenting over conservative therapy or balloon angioplasty on one hand and bypass surgery on the other hand is a flagrant example of how medical research is digested an applied in real life. Apart from electrophysiological interventions, closure ot the patent foramen ovale and percutaneous replacement of the aortic valve in the elderly have the potential of becoming daily routine procedures in catheterization laboratories around the world. Stem cell regeneration of vessels or heart muscle, on the other hand, may remain a dream never to come true.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
04 Faculty of Medicine > Department of Cardiovascular Disorders (DHGE) > Clinic of Cardiology |
UniBE Contributor: |
Meier, Bernhard |
ISSN: |
0008-6312 |
ISBN: |
16651851 |
Publisher: |
Karger |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Factscience Import |
Date Deposited: |
04 Oct 2013 14:52 |
Last Modified: |
24 May 2023 20:04 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1159/000092957 |
PubMed ID: |
16651851 |
Web of Science ID: |
000240937100010 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/21964 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/21964 (FactScience: 20570) |
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