Table of contents

  • Preliminary material
    • Title page and verso
    • Contents
    • List of tables
    • List of figures
    • Preface
    • Acknowledgments
    • List of abbreviations
    • Summary
  • Sections
    • Introduction
    • Methods
    • Number of units and procedures
    • Angioplasty by age and sex
    • Hospital separations
    • Repeat procedures
      • Repeat procedures done within 12 months
      • Repeat procedures done more than 12 months apart
    • Trends in procedure type
    • State comparison of PTCA rates
    • Indications for angioplasty
    • Previous coronary artery bypass grafts
    • Approach for procedure
    • Angioplasty after thrombolytic therapy
    • Stents, arthrectomy, laser and other adjunctive techniques
      • Stenting by age and sex
      • State comparison of stenting rates
    • Complications
      • Coronary artery bypass grafts
      • Associated myocardial infarction
      • Arterial complications prolonging hospital stay
      • Mortality
    • Success rates in various vessel types
      • Definition of success
      • Success rates
  • End matter
    • Glossary
    • Appendixes
      • Appendix A: Units operating in 1996
      • Appendix B: Data collection form
    • Related publications