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Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, 18e
| Part 10. Disorders of the Cardiovascular System > Section 5. Vascular Disease > |
Chapter e33. Atlas of Percutaneous Revascularization
Sections: Atlas of Percutaneous Revascularization: Introduction, Case 1: Chronic Total Occlusion, Summary, Case 2: Bifurcation Stenting, Summary, Case 3. Inferior Myocardial Infarction—Thrombus and Manual Thrombectomy, Summary, Case 4. Saphenous Vein Graft Intervention with Distal Protection, Summary, Case 5: Unprotected Left Main PCI in a High-Risk Patient, Summary, Case 6: Multivessel PCI in a Diabetic Patient, Summary, Case 7: Very Late Stent Thrombosis of a Proximal Lad Drug-Eluting Stent, Summary, Case 8: Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation, Summary, Case 9: Atrial Septal Defect Closure, Summary.
Topics Discussed: percutaneous coronary intervention; percutaneous transmyocardial revascularization; revascularization.
Excerpt:"Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is the most widely employed coronary revascularization procedure worldwide (Chap. 246). It is now applied to patients with stable angina, acute coronary syndromes, including unstable angina and non-ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (NSTEMI), and as a primary treatment strategy in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). PCI is also applicable to patients with either single- or multi-vessel disease...."
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