Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty: Difference between revisions
imported>Robert Badgett |
imported>Robert Badgett No edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
PTCA may be a treatment for [[myocardial infarction]] and an intravascular [[stent]] may or may not be left at the site of the stenosis in order to prevent restenosis.<ref name="pmid17202455">{{cite journal |author=Keeley EC, Hillis LD |title=Primary PCI for myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=356 |issue=1 |pages=47-54 |year=2007 |pmid=17202455 |doi=10.1056/NEJMct063503}}</ref> | PTCA may be a treatment for [[myocardial infarction]] and an intravascular [[stent]] may or may not be left at the site of the stenosis in order to prevent restenosis.<ref name="pmid17202455">{{cite journal |author=Keeley EC, Hillis LD |title=Primary PCI for myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation |journal=N. Engl. J. Med. |volume=356 |issue=1 |pages=47-54 |year=2007 |pmid=17202455 |doi=10.1056/NEJMct063503}}</ref> | ||
The relief from angina, as compared to relief from medical therapy, may be reduced when evidence-based medications are used.<ref name="pmid20231568">{{cite journal| author=Wijeysundera HC, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM, Tu JV, Ko DT| title=Meta-analysis: effects of percutaneous coronary intervention versus medical therapy on angina relief. | journal=Ann Intern Med | year= 2010 | volume= 152 | issue= 6 | pages= 370-9 | pmid=20231568 | |||
| url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=clinical.uthscsa.edu/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=20231568 | doi=10.1059/0003-4819-152-6-201003160-00007 }} </ref> | |||
==Stenting== | ==Stenting== | ||
Revision as of 07:30, 24 March 2010
In medicine, percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), also called percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), is a form of myocardial revascularization in which occurs "dilatation of an occluded coronary artery (or arteries) by means of a balloon catheter to restore myocardial blood supply."[1]
PTCA may be a treatment for myocardial infarction and an intravascular stent may or may not be left at the site of the stenosis in order to prevent restenosis.[2]
The relief from angina, as compared to relief from medical therapy, may be reduced when evidence-based medications are used.[3]
Stenting
Stenting reduces the rate of restenosis, but should not be done if the patient has extensive stenoses, the stenosis is in a very small coronary artery, or if bypass surgery is planned within a few days.[2]
Drug eluting stents can reduce restenosis rate[4], but should not be used if the patient cannot take clopidogrel.
Complications
Ventricular dysrhythmia during PTCA for myocardial infarction indicates an increased risk for mortality at 3 months.[5]
References
- ↑ Anonymous (2024), Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (English). Medical Subject Headings. U.S. National Library of Medicine.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Keeley EC, Hillis LD (2007). "Primary PCI for myocardial infarction with ST-segment elevation". N. Engl. J. Med. 356 (1): 47-54. DOI:10.1056/NEJMct063503. PMID 17202455. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Wijeysundera HC, Nallamothu BK, Krumholz HM, Tu JV, Ko DT (2010). "Meta-analysis: effects of percutaneous coronary intervention versus medical therapy on angina relief.". Ann Intern Med 152 (6): 370-9. DOI:10.1059/0003-4819-152-6-201003160-00007. PMID 20231568. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Spaulding C, Henry P, Teiger E, et al (September 2006). "Sirolimus-eluting versus uncoated stents in acute myocardial infarction". N. Engl. J. Med. 355 (11): 1093–104. DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa062006. PMID 16971716. Research Blogging.
- ↑ Mehta, Rajendra H.; Aijing Z. Starr, Renato D. Lopes, Judith S. Hochman, Petr Widimsky, Karen S. Pieper, Paul W. Armstrong, Christopher B. Granger, for the APEX AMI Investigators (2009-05-06). "Incidence of and Outcomes Associated With Ventricular Tachycardia or Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention". JAMA 301 (17): 1779-1789. DOI:10.1001/jama.2009.600. Retrieved on 2009-05-06. Research Blogging.