[Current status of transluminal coronary angioplasty]

The morphological and clinical indications of coronary angioplasty have been widely extended. This technique occupies now a place of choice in the treatment of ischemic heart disease. The high success rate is obtained with a minimal rate of complications and death. New technical approaches are now proposed in order to reduce the incidence of the restenosis, which remains the major problem limiting the long-term efficacy of the procedure.