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2. Coronary stent - Wikipedia

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   As of 2023, drug-eluting stents were used in more than 90% of all PCI procedures. [1] [2] Stents reduce angina (chest pain) and have been shown to improve survival and decrease adverse events after a patient has suffered a heart attack—medically termed an acute myocardial infarction. [3] [4] Similar stents and stenting procedures are used in ...

3. Percutaneous coronary intervention - Wikipedia

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   The most serious risks are death, stroke, ventricular fibrillation (non-sustained ventricular tachycardia is common), myocardial infarction (heart attack, MI), and aortic dissection. A heart attack during or shortly after the procedure occurs in 0.3% of cases; this may require emergency coronary artery bypass surgery. [13]

4. Interventional cardiology - Wikipedia

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   Additionally, interventional cardiology procedure of primary angioplasty is now the gold standard of care for an acute myocardial infarction. It involves the extraction of clots from occluded coronary arteries and deployment of stents and balloons through a small hole made in a major artery, which has given it the name " pin-hole surgery" (as ...

5. Angioplasty - Wikipedia

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   A coronary angioplasty is a therapeutic procedure to treat the stenotic (narrowed) coronary arteries of the heart found in coronary heart disease. [1] These stenotic segments of the coronary arteries arise due to the buildup of cholesterol -laden plaques that form in a condition known as atherosclerosis . [ 3 ]

6. Drug-eluting stent - Wikipedia

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   Stent placement risks include bleeding, allergic reactions to the contrast agents used to visualize the coronary arteries, and myocardial infarction. With percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), the requirement for emergency coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery has decreased as better practices have been introduced. [81]

7. History of invasive and interventional cardiology - Wikipedia

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   Newer generations of drug-eluting stents have been found to reduce the risk of restenosis, myocardial infarction, and death when compared with bare-metal stents. [65] Advancements in stent design that include reducing strut thickness have shown further improvements for patients compared to previous generations. [65]

8. Reperfusion therapy - Wikipedia

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   The use of a coronary angioplasty to abort a myocardial infarction is preceded by a primary percutaneous coronary intervention. The goal of a prompt angioplasty is to open the artery as soon as possible, and preferably within 90 minutes of the patient presenting to the emergency room.

9. Protected percutaneous coronary intervention - Wikipedia

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   During a protected percutaneous coronary intervention (Protected PCI) procedure, "the Impella 2.5 heart pump helps maintain a stable heart function by pumping blood for the heart. This gives a weak heart muscle an opportunity to rest and reduces the heart’s workload, preventing the heart from being overstressed by the procedure as coronary ...