@inbook{65bd42440f144c2f9367aadc5fee30ba,
title = "Coronary Artery Stenting",
abstract = "When Andreas Gruentzig performed the first percutaneous coronary angioplasty on an awake patient in 1977 (Zurich, Switzerland), he created the nascent field of interventional cardiology and ushered in a new era of coronary revascularization. Percutaneous coronary transluminal angioplasty (PTCA) was positioned to serve as an alternative and complement to coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and optimal medical therapy. As in many medical fields, the advancement of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) has been punctuated by innovations and pitfalls.",
keywords = "Angioplasty, Bare metal stent, Drug-eluting stent, In-stent thrombosis, Reperfusion",
author = "Heller, \{Eric A.\} and Dangas, \{George D.\}",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2011.",
year = "2011",
doi = "10.1007/978-1-60327-963-5\_12",
language = "English",
series = "Contemporary Cardiology",
publisher = "Springer International Publishing",
pages = "243--261",
booktitle = "Contemporary Cardiology",
}