Facilitated percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) refers to using fibrinolytic therapy to stabilize the patient while transport is being arranged to a primary PCI facility. This strategy ...

In patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) for severe aortic stenosis (AS) with stable coronary ...

Adventist Health Sonora has recently added a nonsurgical, minimally invasive way to treat coronary heart disease called percutaneous coronary intervention — PCI — which in the setting of a ...

Poor performance on quality metrics carried greater risk of in-hospital mortality no matter where patients initially ...

Results were consistent when restricted to the cohort of patients who underwent PCI. Cardiac death was significantly lower in the bivalirudin group (2.9% vs. 1.8%, p = 0.035). There was no ...

A national leader in the cardiovascular field has reaccredited UPMC Somerset’s Percutaneous Coronary Intervention program.

Kim, MD, provides an overview of the recently published scientific statement on clinical considerations for participation of athletes with heart disease ... last after PCI. A preoperative virtual ...