New developments in percutaneous coronary intervention

摘要

Percutaneous coronary intervention has become a more common procedure than coronary artery bypass surgery in many countries, arid the number of procedures continues to rise. In one day an interventionist may treat four to six patients with complex, tnultivessel disease or acute coronary syndromes. Various balloons, stents, and other devices are delivered by means of a 2 mm diameter catheter introduced via a peripheral artery The success rate is over 95%, and the risk of serious complications is low. After a few hours patients can be mobilised, and they are usually discharged the same or the next day. Even the spectre of restenosis is now fading.