Percutaneous Transluminal Angioscopy

Andreas Beck, promovierter Dipl.-Physiker, Tätigkeit in der Industrie, seit 2000 freier Fotojournalist und Foto-Designer, mehrere Bildbände und Live-Dia-AV-Schauen über Baden-Württemberg und seine und seine Landschaften sowie zu christlichmeditativen Themen.

1 Introduction.- 2 A Historical View.- 2.1 History of Angiography.- 2.2 The Development of Therapeutic Angiography.- 2.3 Modern Interventional Techniques.- 3 Percutaneous Transluminal Angioscopy.- 3.1 Material and Methods.- 3.2 Animal Studies as a Precondition for Angioscopy in Man.- 3.3 Indication for Angioscopy.- 4 Angioscopic Diagnosis of Vascular Changes.- 4.1 Normal Vessels.- 4.2 Pathological Vascular Features.- 5 Interventional Procedures in Angioscopy.- 5.1 The Method of PTA Control.- 5.2 Angioscopic Results After PTA.- 5.3 Method for Lysis Control.- 5.4 Angioscopic Results of Local Lysis.- 5.5 Method of Stent Implantation.- 5.6 Angioscopic Results of Stent Implantation.- 5.7 The Invention of a Method of Percutaneous Transluminal Thrombus Extraction and Its Angioscopic Control.- 5.8 Other Possibilities for the Use of Vascular Intraluminal Angioscopy.- 6 Conclusions.- 7 Future Aspects of Percutaneous Angioscopy.- References.