This article provides an overview of technological advances in interventional cardiology and cardiovascular surgery for treating adult cardiovascular disease.
May inform clinician awareness of advances; leaves open need for prospective trials before adoption.
In Brief Get a handle on the new technology for treating cardiovascular disease. Technologic advances in the cardiac catheterization laboratory and with cardiovascular surgery have expanded management options for cardiovascular disease (CVD). This overview and update of selected procedures used in the treatment of CVD in adults will include percutaneous coronary intervention (including drug-eluting stents), off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery, and minimally invasive heart valve surgery.
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