AWhat changed
Reported percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty using a balloon-catheter system and described the procedure and observed outcomes in the paper’s treated patients.
Scientific scope
The record is the exact 1979 New England Journal of Medicine report and its studied patients. Peripheral angioplasty antecedents, the first individual procedure, later trials, stents and population-level outcome claims remain separate.
Evidence
The linked sources identify this contribution and its scope. WRS has not independently reconstructed the scientific claims. The record is the exact 1979 New England Journal of Medicine report and its studied patients. Peripheral angioplasty antecedents, the first individual procedure, later trials, stents and population-level outcome claims remain separate.
Contributors
- Andreas R. Grüntzig · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Åke Senning · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
- Walter E. Siegenthaler · SCIENCE: Named source author of the scoped work; individual effort shares are not measured.
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