E. Esplugas et al., Guidelines of the Spanish Society of Cardiology on Interventional Cardiology: Coronary angioplasty and other techniques, REV ESP CAR, 53(2), 2000, pp. 218-240
Interventional cardiology has had an extraordinary expansion in last years.
This clinical guideline is a review of the scientific evidence of the tech
niques in relation to clinical and anatomic findings.
The review includes:
1. Coronary arteriography.
2. Coronary balloon angioplasty.
3. Coronary stents.
4. Other techniques: directional atherectomy, rotational atherectomy, trans
luminal extraction atherectomy, cutting balloon, laser angioplasty and tran
smyocardical laser and endovascular radiotherapy.
5. Platelet glycoprotein IIb/IIIa inhibitors.
6. New diagnostic techniques: intravascular ultrasound, coronary angioscopy
, Doppler and pressure wire.
For the recommendations we have used the classification system: class I, II
a, IIb, III like in the guidelines of the American College of Cardiology an
d the American Heart Association.