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.
Also Known As:
Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization; Coronary Intervention, Percutaneous; Coronary Interventions, Percutaneous; Coronary Revascularization, Percutaneous; Coronary Revascularizations, Percutaneous; Intervention, Percutaneous Coronary; Interventions, Percutaneous Coronary; Percutaneous Coronary Interventions; Percutaneous Coronary Revascularizations; Revascularization, Percutaneous Coronary; Revascularizations, Percutaneous Coronary