Dr. Richard Nesto answers the question: 'Percutaneous Coronary Intervention?' — -- Question: What does percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) mean and when is it done? Answer: Percutaneous ...

Facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) refers to using fibrinolytic therapy to stabilize the patient while transport is being arranged to a primary PCI facility. This strategy receives a ...

Researchers made a case for failure to rescue (FTR) as a potential quality metric in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), using records from a large nationwide registry. Although PCI is ...

Find out about rising PCI rates after TAVR and what they mean for lifetime cardiac care. Learn more about the data.

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention are the treatment options in patients with ischemia and multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD). Comparisons of coronary ...

Patients with CKD had twice the risk of target vessel failure after PCI compared with patients without CKD. The benefits of intravascular imaging-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) extend ...

Renee Y. Hsia ([email protected]), University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Yu-Chu Shen, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California; and National Bureau of Economic ...

ATLANTA -- In select patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) for acute coronary syndromes who were event-free for 1 month on dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT), treatment with ...