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ICD-9-CM. 36.09, 00.66. [ edit on Wikidata] Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a minimally invasive non-surgical procedure used to treat narrowing of the coronary arteries of the heart found in coronary artery disease. [ 2 ] The procedure is used to place and deploy coronary stents, a permanent wire-meshed tube, to open narrowed ...
MeSH. D054855. [edit on Wikidata] A drug-eluting stent (DES) is a tube made of a mesh-like material used to treat narrowed arteries in medical procedures both mechanically (by providing a supporting scaffold inside the artery) and pharmacologically (by slowly releasing a pharmaceutical compound). A DES is inserted into a narrowed artery using a ...
ICD-9-CM. 36.06. [ edit on Wikidata] A coronary stent is a tube-shaped device placed in the coronary arteries that supply blood to the heart, to keep the arteries open in patients suffering from coronary heart disease. The vast majority of stents used in modern interventional cardiology are drug-eluting stents (DES).
Hanger, Inc. Hanger, Inc. (formerly Hanger Orthopedic Group, Inc.) is a leading national provider of products and services that assist in enhancing or restoring the physical capabilities of patients with disabilities or injuries that is headquartered in Austin, Texas (formerly Bethesda, Maryland). The company provides orthotic and prosthetic (O ...
Abiomed, Inc. is a medical device technology company that operates as a stand-alone business within Johnson & Johnson's MedTech Segment. [ 2 ] Abiomed develops and manufactures temporary external and implantable mechanical circulatory support devices. The company is headquartered in Danvers, Massachusetts with additional offices in Woburn ...
Medical uses. The Impella device is an alternative for percutaneous mechanical circulatory support that has been utilized as a bridge to recovery. Used alone or in tandem sets, it utilizes the concept of magnetic levitation [clarification needed] to reduce moving parts to an absolute minimum, thus reducing anticoagulation requirements.
PCI is often reported to have marginal benefits with respect to angina pectoris, exercise performance, and quality of life. Medical therapy performs better with respect to event-free survival (events are defined as additional revascularization, myocardial infarction or death) [1] [2]. A heart attack during or shortly after the procedure occurs ...
Over 100 years later the one 42-bed hospital, originally known as "Seton Infirmary" [4] and located at 600 West 26th Street in Austin, Texas, has grown to serve a population of more than 1.8 million, with a special regard for the sick and poor. A Catholic health organization, Seton provides millions of dollars in charity care for the uninsured ...