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2. Percutaneous coronary intervention - Wikipedia

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   ICD-9-CM. 36.09, 00.66. [ edit on Wikidata] Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a minimally invasive non-surgical procedure used to treat narrowing of the coronary arteries of the heart found in coronary artery disease. [ 2 ] The procedure is used to place and deploy coronary stents, a permanent wire-meshed tube, to open narrowed ...

3. Reperfusion therapy - Wikipedia

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   Five pieces of thrombus are shown (arrow heads). Reperfusion therapy is a medical treatment to restore blood flow, either through or around, blocked arteries, typically after a heart attack (myocardial infarction (MI)). Reperfusion therapy includes drugs and surgery. The drugs are thrombolytics and fibrinolytics used in a process called ...

4. Protected percutaneous coronary intervention - Wikipedia

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   Protected percutaneous coronary intervention. A coronary angiogram delineating the left coronary circulation. Protected percutaneous coronary intervention, abbreviated as Protected PCI, is a heart procedure that involves a ventricular assist device that is used to treat patients with cardiovascular disease, including advanced heart failure. [1][2]

5. Heart Attacks: What Women Need to Know About Their Risks ...

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   One option is angioplasty, though percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the preferred way to do this. During a PCI, a doctor uses imaging to guide a thin, flexible tube called a catheter to ...

6. Angioplasty - Wikipedia

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   A percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), or coronary angioplasty with stenting, is a non-surgical procedure used to improve the blood flow to the heart. [1] Coronary angioplasty is indicated for coronary artery diseases such as unstable angina, NSTEMI, STEMI and spontaneous coronary artery perforation. [1]

7. Coronary stent - Wikipedia

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   The catheter/stent system is introduced into the body by penetrating a peripheral artery (an artery located in the arm or leg) and passed through the arterial system to deliver the DES into the blocked coronary artery. The stent is then expanded to dilate (open) blocked or narrowed coronary arteries (narrowed by plaque buildup), caused by a ...