PTCA.us – Angioplasty and stenting digest. » Blog Archive » Clinical and economic outcomes of coronary angioplasty alone or in combination with stents in academic health centers: a retrospective database analysis.

Clinical and economic outcomes of coronary angioplasty alone or in combination with stents in academic health centers: a retrospective database analysis.

February 17, 2006 Categories: New articles Posted by admin

Objectives: Indications for the use of stents are evolving and their optimal place in therapy remains to be defined. The objective was to compare the 1-year clinical and economic outcomes of percutaneous transluminal coronary agioplasty (PTCA) with and without the use of stents.

Abstract