Abstract:This review provides an overview of current percutaneous coronary interventional techniques (PCI) in patients with acute and chronic coronary artery disease. The indications for PCI have expanded during the past two decades, and no absolute contraindications remain. The chief limitations to event free survival following balloon angioplasty have been abrupt vessel closure in the short term and restenosis in the long term. The therapeutic effect of arterial vessel enlargement through PCI is accompanied by variou… Show more
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