What is the difference between angioplasty and PCI?

What is the difference between angioplasty and PCI?

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI, formerly known as angioplasty with stent) is a non-surgical procedure that uses a catheter (a thin flexible tube) to place a small structure called a stent to open up blood vessels in the heart that have been narrowed by plaque buildup, a condition known as atherosclerosis.

What is another name for cardiac catheterization?

Cardiac catheterization (also called cardiac cath or coronary angiogram) is an invasive imaging procedure that allows your doctor to evaluate your heart function.

What is the difference between cardiac catheterization and angiogram?

A cardiac angiogram, more commonly called a Cardiac Catheterization or a Heart Cath, outlines the heart arteries. Angiograms that outline the neck arteries are called Carotid Angiograms. Outlining the blood supply to the kidneys is called a Renal Angiogram.

What is the difference between a heart cath and a stent?

A left heart catheterization/angioplasty is the technique used to access the blocked artery. Along with a balloon, a compressed stent is attached to the end of a catheter and inserted through an artery in your groin or arm until it reaches the blockage.

Who gets PCI?

PCI may be appropriate for patients with stable coronary artery disease if they meet certain criteria, such as having any coronary stenosis greater than 50 percent or having angina symptoms that are unresponsive to medical therapy.

Are you awake during PCI?

How are coronary angiography and PCI performed? You will be awake during the procedure and may be lightly sedated. A tiny plastic tube called a catheter is introduced under local anaesthesia into your wrist or groin artery.

When is PCI used?

Doctors use PCI to open coronary arteries that are narrowed or blocked by the buildup of atherosclerotic plaque. PCI may be used to relieve symptoms of coronary heart disease or to reduce heart damage during or after a heart attack.