Interventional cardiology in the mid-1990s: maturation of the technique and results from the Medical Center of Delaware.

Coronary angioplasty has continued to evolve and mature and is now used in an increasing array of coronary lesions in an ever-broadening selection of patients. Although the patients treated have continually been sicker and those with more advanced disease, the clinical results of this procedure have continued to improve. This, combined with carefully controlled studies that show a near equivalence of multivessel angioplasty and bypass surgery in selected patients, ensure that coronary angioplasty will continue to play an important role in coronary revascularization in the future.