Guidelines of the Spanish Society of Cardiology on Interventional Cardiology: Coronary angioplasty and other techniques

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.