Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Synonyms
Coronary Intervention, Percutaneous
Coronary Interventions, Percutaneous
Coronary Revascularization, Percutaneous
Coronary Revascularizations, Percutaneous
Intervention, Percutaneous Coronary
Interventions, Percutaneous Coronary
Percutaneous Coronary Interventions
Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization
Percutaneous Coronary Revascularizations
Revascularization, Percutaneous Coronary
Revascularizations, Percutaneous Coronary
A family of percutaneous techniques that are used to manage CORONARY OCCLUSION, including standard balloon angioplasty (PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY), the placement of intracoronary STENTS, and atheroablative technologies (e.g., ATHERECTOMY; ENDARTERECTOMY; THROMBECTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL LASER ANGIOPLASTY). PTCA was the dominant form of PCI, before the widespread use of stenting.