Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a minimally invasive procedure used to open narrowed or blocked coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle. A thin catheter is guided through a blood vessel to the affected artery, where a small balloon is inflated to widen the vessel and a stent is often plac…
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a minimally invasive procedure used to open narrowed or blocked coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart muscle. A thin catheter is guided through a blood vessel to the affected artery, where a small balloon is inflated to widen the vessel and a stent is often placed to keep it open. PCI is used to restore blood flow in coronary artery disease and to treat or prevent heart attacks, and it can be performed through access points such as the radial or femoral artery. Outcomes depend on factors including the complexity of the blockage and the characteristics of the patient. Within the International Journal of Heart Research, percutaneous coronary intervention is examined through its techniques, applications, and outcomes. Reported research relevant to this topic includes a study of PCI outcomes among very elderly patients with ischemic heart disease, percutaneous intervention for a complex quadrifurcation lesion of the left main coronary artery, intervention for chronic total occlusion of the left main coronary artery, and a randomized study comparing hemostasis methods to prevent radial artery occlusion after transradial catheterization. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to percutaneous coronary intervention and its clinical practice.
6 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
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