Complementary Relationships of Coronary Bypass Surgery and Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty

1986 ◽  
pp. 135-141
Author(s):  
John S. Douglas
1989 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 431-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas A. Preston

Coronary bypass surgery developed as another in a line of surgical procedures dating back more than 60 years. The medical profession at first assessed this procedure with time-honored anecdotal techniques. Gradually, for a variety of reasons, improved methods of comparisons worked their way into assessments of bypass surgery. Randomized controlled trials met resistance but have been very influential. Assessment of percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty has benefited from the knowledge generated during the last 25 years, but clinicians have been slower to apply the most advanced techniques.


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