Percutaneous coronary intervention

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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Shankar Kumar, M.B.B.S. [2] Anahita Deylamsalehi, M.D.[3]

Synonyms and keywords: PCI; balloon angioplasty; percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty; coronary angioplasty; coronary artery angioplasty; heart artery dilatation

Factors Associated with Complications | New or Enlarging Thrombus | Vessel Perforation | Dissection | Distal Embolization | Slow Flow | No-reflow | Abrupt Closure | Access Site Complications | Peri-procedure Bleeding | Intraprocedural Stent Thrombosis | Restenosis | Renal Failure | Thrombocytopenia | Late Acquired Stent Malapposition | Loss of Side Branch | Multiple Complications | PCI complications: Hemodynamic Support for Complex PCI

Cardiogenic Shock | Refractory Ventricular Arrhythmia | Severely Depressed Ventricular Function | Sole Remaining Conduit | Unprotected Left Main Patient | Adjuncts for High-Risk PCI | Patients with previous CABG

Classification of the Lesion | The Calcified Lesion | The Ostial Lesion | The Angulated or Tortuous Lesion | The Bifurcation Lesion | The Long Lesion | The Bridge Lesion | Vasospasm | The Chronic Total Occlusion | The Left Internal Mammary Artery | Multivessel Disease | Distal Anastomotic Lesions | Left Main Intervention | The Thrombotic Lesion

• Vascular closure devices
• Angioplasty
• Conscious sedation
• Preparation of the patient for diagnostic catheterization
• Technical aspects of the cardiac catheterization laboratory
• Obtaining venous and arterial access
• Equipment used in diagnostic catheterization
• Hemodynamic assessment in the cardiac catheterization laboratory
• Radiation safety
• Fractional flow reserve

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