percutaneous coronary intervention

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Related to percutaneous coronary intervention: CABG, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty

percutaneous coronary intervention

The opening of narrowed or blocked coronary arteries by means of balloon angioplasty (with or without placement of stents), atherectomy, or other techniques involving use of a catheter.

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CAD was defined as a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), bypass surgery, or at least a 50% narrowing of a coronary artery.

Brilinta reduced the risk of cardiovascular events in patients with coronary artery disease and type-2 diabetes in Phase III THEMIS trial

CTO with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is more dangerous and challenging because it has very less rates of success in comparison to its complications and recurrence rate of restenosis4.

OUTCOME OF PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN TOTALLY OCCLUDED CORONARY ARTERIES

Study sample consist of 731 patients who underwent invasive coronary angiography (ICA) and 226 patients who underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Procedural determinants of fluoroscopy time in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization

Development and validation of a prediction rule for benefit and harm of dual antiplatelet therapy beyond 1 year after percutaneous coronary intervention. JAMA 2016;315:1735-49.

Individualized Antiplatelet Therapy: A Long Way to Go

2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI guideline for percutaneous coronary intervention a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions.

ONE-YEAR CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN INDIAN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION WITHOUT ON-SITE SURGICAL BACKUP

Unfractionated heparin is recommended by all guidelines as anticoagulant in percutaneous coronary intervention but has got its own limitations.

EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY OF ENOXAPARIN AS ANTICOAGULANT IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ELECTIVE PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION FOR STABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: FIVE-YEARS EXPERIENCE OF A SINGLE CENTER

Isolated acute iatrogenic aortic dissection during percutaneous coronary intervention without involvement of the coronary arteries.

Managed successfully: Iatrogenic aortic dissection during primary percutaneous coronary intervention

The Dh7.5-million robotic device, called CorPath GRX, is a second generation robotic-assisted Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) system which is used in cardiac intervention operations.

New robotic device helps heart patients

The main aim of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), colloquially called stenting, is symptom relief, generally improved exercise tolerance and time.

Stenting does not improve exercise time in patients with medically treated angina

Reifart et al., "In-hospital outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with chronic total occlusion: insights from the ERCTO (European registry of chronic total occlusion) registry," EuroIntervention, vol.

Complex Recanalization of Chronic Total Occluison Supported by Minimal Extracorporeal Circulation in a Patient with an Aortic Valve Bioprothesis in Extraanatomic Position

The procedure done in this case, Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) may significantly limit the need for repeat CABG years which may have a higher risk of complication.

Zulekha Hospital performs special cardiac process

Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is not significantly better than a placebo procedure in improving exercise capacity or symptoms, even in patients with severe coronary stenosis, according to the ORBITA study published in The Lancet.