Abstract
Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty (PTA), and recanalization (PTR) are well-documented procedures, successfully used now for nearly 20 years, but still there are many places where this technique is not performed to the extent which seems to be necessary.
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Sörensen, R., Grassot, A., Zühlke, H.V. (1982). The Fate of “No Angioplasty” in Peripheral Vascular Disease. In: Kaltenbach, M., Grüntzig, A.R., Rentrop, K.P., Bussmann, WD. (eds) Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty and Intracoronary Thrombolysis. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-68358-9_62
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