Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
The CardioVascular Institute at BIDMC provides percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) to more than 1,100 patients each year.
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*Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) - the insertion of a balloon tipped tube (catheter) to widen a clogged artery in order to improve blood flow to the heart. Sometimes, a metal stent is inserted to keep the artery propped open.
View BIDMC’s performance on following recommended guidelines for some measures of general heart care: treatment of heart attack and heart failure.
1Smith SC Jr, Feldman TE, Hirshfeld JW Jr, Jacobs AK, Kern MJ, King SB III, Morrison DA, O'Neill WW, Schaff HV, Whitlow PL, Williams DO. ACC/AHA/SCAI 2005 guideline update for percutaneous coronary intervention: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (ACC/AHA/SCAI Writing Committee to Update the 2001 Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention). American College of Cardiology Web Site. Available at: http://content.onlinejacc.org/cgi/reprint/47/1/216.pdf.
2The source of the comparison for these measures is Hospital Compare (www.HospitalCompare.hhs.gov), Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, October, 2011.
Last updated: October 23, 2011
