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Surgical Procedures, Operative > Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures > Endovascular Procedures > Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Surgical Procedures, Operative > Cardiovascular Surgical Procedures > Vascular Surgical Procedures > Endovascular Procedures > Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Coronary Revascularization, Percutaneous
  • Coronary Revascularizations, Percutaneous
  • Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization
  • Percutaneous Coronary Revascularizations
  • Revascularization, Percutaneous Coronary
  • Revascularizations, Percutaneous Coronary

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 2013

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D062645

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