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The First Balloon-Expandable Coronary Stent
An Expedition That Changed Cardiovascular Medicine
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eBook - ePub
The First Balloon-Expandable Coronary Stent
An Expedition That Changed Cardiovascular Medicine
About this book
The premise of this intriguing book is technical innovation and scientific development. It is about coronary and vascular stenting, a technique that has improved the plight of patients who have unfortunately succumbed to the most devastating epidemic facing modern man—coronary and vascular atherosclerosis. It is also about a lifetime and a career devoted to finding safer, effective, and less invasive solutions to these clinical problems. Gary S. Roubin, MD, PhD, writes of the pioneering work done by Andreas Gruentzig on balloon angioplasty for peripheral and coronary arteries. After Gruentzig's untimely death, Roubin was determined that Gruentzig's method would indeed work. He writes of the work involved to get the balloon-expandable coronary stent to the point where it was deployed in man: September 3, 1987, and follows its development to the current day. This is an account of the expedition that began with the Model T Ford of cardiovascular intervention—an endeavor that evolved into the Ferrari that we know today. This personal story tells of the collaboration of inventors, physician scientists, engineers, and the cardiovascular device industry that has changed the practice of cardiovascular medicine forever.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Preface
- Contents
- Author Biography
- Introduction
- Chapter 1-Andreas Gruentzig and Balloon Angioplasty
- Chapter 2-The Problems of Abrupt Closure and Restenosis from Arterial Recoil
- Chapter 3-Alternative Technologies to Make PTCA Safe and Effective: The Genesis of the Term PCI
- Chapter 4-Peripheral Vascular Intervention and the Beginnings of the Stent
- Chapter 5-Basic Science and In Vivo Animal Work in the United States
- Chapter 6-The First Balloon-Expandable Coronary Stent in Man
- Chapter 7-Solving the Problem of Abrupt Closure and the Race for FDA Clinical Approval
- Chapter 8-Perfecting the Technology and its Application
- Chapter 9-The Value of Coronary Revascularization and Stenting
- Endnotes
- Pioneers in Angioplasty and Vascular Intervention
- Acronyms
- Glossary
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- Pictures Section
- Imprint Page