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Rather anaesthetise a patient with CABG than a stent

Stephanie S F Fischer
Southern African Journal of Anaesthesia and Analgesia | Vol 17, No 1 | a506 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/22201173.2011.10872718 | © 2011 Stephanie S F Fischer | This work is licensed under CC Attribution 4.0
Submitted: 03 November 2025 | Published: 01 January 2011

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Stephanie S F Fischer,, South Africa

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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) 1977: Andreas Gruentzig performs the first successful percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA). However, widespread use is limited by two major complications - acute vessel closure during or immediately after procedure, and restenosis of the vessel due to elastic recoil, smooth muscle proliferation and neointimal hyperplasia.1

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