Pros and Cons in PTA and Auxiliary Methods

Cons of Laser-Angioplasty.- Laser-Angioplasty.- Clinical Laser Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty.- Feasibility of Laser Angioplasty: Physical and Technical Problems.- Ultraviolet Laser Angioplasty In Vivo: Reaction and Repair of the Vessel Wall.- Percutaneous Transluminal Laser Angioplasty for Treatment of Peripheral Vascular Disease: Clinical Experience with 16 Patients.- Excimer Laser Angioplasty.- Control of the Optical Fiber During Laser-Assisted Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty: Coaxial Alignment and Other Critical Considerations.- Nd-YAG Laser Angioplasty.- Nd-YAG Laser Angioplasty with Contact Probes.- Argon-Laser Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty with LASTAC System.- Early Clinical Experience with Direct Argon Laser Angioplasty in Perhipheral Arteries.- Laser-Assisted Angioplasty.- New Mechanical Devices.- Low-Speed Rotational Angioplasty: Clinical Results in 53 Patients with Chronic Vessel Occlusions.- Recanalization Devices for Totally Obstructed Vessels: Atherolytic Wire and the Kensy Recanalization Catheter.- The Kensey Catheter.- New Mechanical Devices: Technical Modification of the Kensey Rotator.- The Pulsating Guidewire.- Percutaneous Endovascular Stents.- Endovascular Prosthesis: Experimental Study and Clinical Use.- Autoexpandable Vascular Endoprosthesis.- Vascular Endoprostheses (Stents) in the Treatment of Femoropopliteal Vascular Occlusions.- Balloon-Expandable Intraarterial Stents: Effect of Antithrombotic Medication on Thrombus Formation.- Flexible, Percutaneously Insertable Balloon-Expandable Arterial Prosthesis.- Development of a Balloon-Expandable Flexible Coil for Intraarterial Stenting.- Percutaneous Transluminal Angioscopy: Comparison of Findings in Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty, Thrombolysis, Thrombus Extraction and Stent Application.- Arguments Against Percutaneous Endovascular Stents.- Intraarterial Thrombolysis.- Treatment of Occluded Arteries, Arterial Grafts, and Hemodialysis Access Sites Using Local Infusions of Urokinase.- Intraarterial Thrombolysis: Cons.- Intraarterial Thrombolysis: Pros.- Percutaneous Aspiration Thrombembolectomy (PAT).- Advantages of Percutaneous Aspiration Thrombembolectomy.- Catheter Thrombolysis with Streptokinase, Urokinase, and Recombinant Tissue Plasminogen Activator for Peripheral Arterial Occlusion.- Local Lysis and Percutaneous Transluminal Embolectomy as an Adjunct to Vascular Surgery.- Vasospasm Control.- Vasospasm Control in Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty.- Prophylactic Drugs for Vasospasm Associated with Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty.- Aggregation Inhibitors.- Aggregation Inhibitors: Pros.- Concluding Remarks.