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A. Grüntzig
Publications - 3
Citations - 574
A. Grüntzig is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Myocardial infarction & Mortality rate. The author has an hindex of 2, co-authored 3 publications receiving 568 citations.
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Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: report of complications from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute PTCA Registry.
Gerald Dorros,Michael J. Cowley,John B. Simpson,Lamberto G. Bentivoglio,Peter C. Block,Martial G. Bourassa,K. M. Detre,Arthur J. Gosselin,A. Grüntzig,S. F. Kelsey,Kenneth M. Kent,Michael B. Mock,Suzanne M. Mullin,Richard K. Myler,Eugene R. Passamani,Simon H. Stertzer,David O. Williams +16 more
TL;DR: The results support the relative safety of PTCA as a method of nonsurgical myocardial revascularization in carefully selected patients and nonfatal complications were significantly influenced by the presence of unstable angina and initial lesion severity > 90% diameter stenosis.
Book ChapterDOI
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty Registry: The First 1116 Cases
Michael B. Mock,Kenneth M. Kent,Lamberto G. Bentivoglio,Peter C. Block,Martial G. Bourassa,Michael J. Cowley,K. M. Detre,Gerald Dorros,J. Gosselin,A. Grüntzig,R. K. Myler,John B. Simpson,S. H. Stertzer,David O. Williams,Suzanne M. Mullin,B. Costa,H. Mitchell,Participating Medical Centers +17 more
TL;DR: Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) was readily accepted as an alternative therapeutic approach to the more invasive coronary artery bypass operation in treating patients with ischemic heart disease.