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

Preferred term

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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.

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Entry terms

  • Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization

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In other languages

  • Intervention coronarienne percutanée

    French

  • ICP (Intervention Coronarienne Percutanée)
  • Intervention coronaire percutanée
  • Revascularisation coronaire percutanée
  • Revascularisation coronarienne percutanée

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-HC7FQVDP-X

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