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A review of adult cardiac catheterization procedures highlights a dramatic increase in percutaneous interventions, with coronary angioplasty now more common than bypass grafting.
This review highlights the increasing volume and complexity of percutaneous interventional cardiac procedures in adult patients, emphasizing the evolving role of anaesthesia care in the catheterization suite.
The number and types of procedures being performed in the adult cardiac catheterization suite have increased dramatically, with an aggressive move towards percutaneous interventional cardiac procedures. Here we review many of these procedures, including the current trends in North America and Europe. Coronary angioplasty is now more commonly performed than coronary artery bypass grafting. The past 5 years have seen a proliferation of coronary stenting procedures. Restenosis of coronary arteries continues to be a major area of research and concern.
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King et al. (1998) conducted a review in Adult cardiac catheterization. Percutaneous interventional cardiac procedures was evaluated. A review of adult cardiac catheterization procedures highlights a dramatic increase in percutaneous interventions, with coronary angioplasty now more common than bypass grafting.
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