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The Mechanism of Transluminal Angioplasty Pathology of the Arterial Stenoses that Are Most Amenable to PTCA

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Practice of Coronary Angioplasty

Abstract

Normal coronary arteries are compliant, and their lumens can be easily stretched. They have considerable reactivity, and variations in coronary artery lumen size are common due to changes in coronary vascular tone. Microscopically, there are three distinct layers in the coronary arteries: the intima, consisting of endothelial cells attached to a thin layer of extracellular matrix; the media, which is made up of variable layers of circumferentially oriented smooth muscle cells with surrounding elastin and collagen; and the adventitia, which consists of loosely arranged connective tissue, fibroblasts, and a few muscle cells. The internal elastic lamina separates the intima from the media.

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Block, P.C. (1986). The Mechanism of Transluminal Angioplasty Pathology of the Arterial Stenoses that Are Most Amenable to PTCA. In: Practice of Coronary Angioplasty. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70815-2_2

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