Difference between PCI and Primary PCI?!
Question: Difference between PCI and Primary PCI.?
I would like to know the difference between PCI and Primary PCI. Are these both procedures technically different, or for different indications/risk groups of patients.? Thanks.Health Question & Answer
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For starters, PCI stands for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and is a procedure that envolves stenting of a clogged coronary artery.
If someone had a "Primary PCI", it means he got the procedure in the setting of an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack, in plain and simple English) and prior development of a myriad of complications a myocardial infarction can cause.
So, technically, the procedure is the same, but the timeframe in which it was provided to a specific patient is different.
Besides, one can be a candidate for a PCI without having a previous heart attack. I.e. a patient can have angina (chest pain) and after a postive stress test to be sent for a coronary angiography which showed he/she should undergo a PCI.
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If someone had a "Primary PCI", it means he got the procedure in the setting of an acute myocardial infarction (heart attack, in plain and simple English) and prior development of a myriad of complications a myocardial infarction can cause.
So, technically, the procedure is the same, but the timeframe in which it was provided to a specific patient is different.
Besides, one can be a candidate for a PCI without having a previous heart attack. I.e. a patient can have angina (chest pain) and after a postive stress test to be sent for a coronary angiography which showed he/she should undergo a PCI.
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