简介:Tileterm‘percutaneouscoronaryintervention'(PCI)isusedtodescribevariousproceduresthatcanbeusedtomechanicallyimprovemyocardialperfusionwithoutresortingtosurgery.Themostcommonprocedureispercutaneoustransluminalcoronaryangioplasty(PTCA),usuallywithimplantationofanintracoronarystent.Othermethodsmaybeappropriateinsmallsubsetsofpatients.Morethan1millionPCIprocedureswereperformedworldwidein2000.