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Descriptor English:   Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 
Descriptor Spanish:   Intervención Coronaria Percutánea 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Intervenção Coronária Percutânea 
Synonyms English:   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  
Tree Number:   E04.100.814.529.968
E04.502.382.968
Definition English:   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 English:   2013 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
AE adverse effects CL classification
EC economics ED education
ES ethics HI history
IS instrumentation LJ legislation & jurisprudence
MT methods MO mortality
NU nursing PX psychology
RH rehabilitation ST standards
SN statistics & numerical data TD trends
UT utilization VE veterinary
Record Number:   55037 
Unique Identifier:   D062645 

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