Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XV

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2. Transluminal Angioplasty: Method, Indications, and Role in Therapy

   1. Transluminal Angioplasty: Method, Indications, and Role in Therapy

      • C. T. Dotter

      Pages 1-3

3. Diagnosis

   1. Noninvasive Diagnosis and Natural Course of Arteriovascular Obstruction

      • W. Schoop

      Pages 4-5

   2. Ultrasound Techniques for Follow-up of Hemodynamic Changes After Peripheral Transluminal Angioplasty

      • A. Bollinger

      Pages 6-12

   3. Digital Subtraction Angiography — A Method of Following Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty

      • W. Seyferth, G. Dilbat, E. Zeitler, G. Bolle

      Pages 13-19

   4. Evaluation of Peripheral Transluminal Angioplasty by a Score System Applied to Routine Arteriographic Images

      • A. Bollinger, E. Schneider, G. Pouliadis, C. Torres, M. Schlumpf

      Pages 20-23

   5. Exposure of Physicians and Patients to Radiation During Transluminal Dilatation and Recanalization According to Dotter

      • F. Olbert, M. Nell, H. Baumruck

      Pages 24-25

4. Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty: Instrumentation and Technique

   1. Single Teflon Catheters

      • E. Zeitler

      Pages 26-30

   2. Basic Technology of Balloon Catheters

      • J. E. Abele

      Pages 31-36

   3. Dilatation and the Expanding Balloon Catheter. Advantages of the Expanding Balloon Catheter

      • F. Olbert, N. Muzika

      Pages 37-45

5. Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty: Mechanism and Morphology

   1. The Morphological Concept of Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty

      • H. J. Leu

      Pages 46-55

   2. Pathological Basis for Percutaneous Catheter and Balloon Revascularization

      • D. Sinapius

      Pages 56-59

   3. Results of Animal Experiments With Balloon Dilatation

      • C. L. Zollikofer, W. R. Castaneda-Zuniga, K. Amplatz

      Pages 60-72

   4. Radiological Pattern at and After Angioplasty

      • F.-J. Roth, G. Cappius, E. Fingerhut

      Pages 73-83

6. Medical Treatment

   1. Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty: Adjunct Drug Therapy

      • E.-I. Richter, E. Zeitler

      Pages 84-90

   2. Platelet Activation at the Time of Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty

      • W. Blättler, N. Foullon, G. Cappius, F.-J. Roth

      Pages 91-94

   3. Results With Additional Use of SP 54 in Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty

      • L. Horváth, K. Fendler, I. Illés

      Pages 95-97

   4. Nafazatrom: A New Antithrombotic Compound

      • F. Seuter

      Pages 98-104

7. Primary Results: Leg Arteries

   1. Femoropopliteal Arteries

      • E. Zeitler, E.-I. Richter, W. Seyferth

      Pages 105-114

   2. Angioplasty of the Iliac and Inguinal Arteries

      • F.-J. Roth, G. Cappius

      Pages 115-126

In the past ten years, there have been significant advances in the diagnosis and therapy of arterial vascular disease. While long-term morbidity can only be improved by changing the patient's life-style and removing any risk factors that may be present(hypertension, hyperlipidemia,obesity,diabetesmellitus, nicotine abuse), symptomatic relief may be obtained by various procedures. Besides conservative treatment of arterial occlusive disease (physical therapy, medical treatment) and surgical vascular interventions (thromboendarterectomy, bypass procedures), balloon catheters introduced percutaneously under local anesthesia have found increased application in virtually all areas for the dilatation and recanalization of obstructive lesions in the past few years. The technique of balloon dilatation, as introduced by Griintzig as a further development of the percutaneous interventions by Dotter and Judkins, is no longer the decisive issue. The main objective of present clinical research is to de­ termine the proper indications and patient selection for this procedure, which has found its place between conservative treatment and surgery. The contents of this Symposium should provide some guidelines for the indi­ cations and postprocedural therapy for the referring physician, the angiologist, and for the radiologist and cardiologist performing the dilatation. We owe our thanks to all the specialists involved, who have provided us with the benefits of their experience. Mrs. H. Beilmann and Dr. M. Wojtowycz con­ tributed substantially to the preparation of the text. I would like to thank them and the staff of Springer-Verlag for their conscientious work in the interest of composition and publication quality.

• Bypass
• Dilatation
• diagnosis
• hypertension
• ultrasound

• Health Sciences Center, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University of Oregon, Portland, USA

  Charles T. Dotter

• Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA

  Andreas R. Grüntzig

• Aggertalklinik, Engelskirchen, Germany

  Werner Schoop

• Radiologisches Zentrum, Klinikum Nürnberg, Nürnberg, Germany

  Eberhard Zeitler

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