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2. 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]

3. 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 ...

4. Coronary stent - Wikipedia

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   ICD-9-CM. 36.06. [edit on Wikidata] A coronary stent is a tube-shaped device placed in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart, to keep the arteries open in patients suffering from coronary heart disease. The vast majority of stents used in modern interventional cardiology are drug-eluting stents (DES).

5. History of invasive and interventional cardiology - Wikipedia

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   From the time of the initial percutaneous balloon angioplasty, it was theorized that devices could be placed inside the arteries as scaffolds to keep them open after a successful balloon angioplasty. [14] This did not become a reality in the cardiac realm until the first intracoronary stents were successfully deployed in coronary arteries in 1986.

6. 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 ...

7. Stent - Wikipedia

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   Vascular stents are commonly used in angioplasty, a surgical procedure that opens blocked arteries and places a stent to keep the artery open. This is a common treatment for heart attacks and is also used in the prevention and treatment of strokes. Over 2 million people receive a stent each year for coronary artery disease alone.