intervention

[in″ter-ven´shun]

interposition or interference in the affairs of another to accomplish a goal or end; see also implementation.

crisis intervention

1. counseling or psychotherapy for patients in a life crisis that is directed at supporting the patient through the crisis and helping the patient cope with the stressful event that precipitated it.

2. in the nursing interventions classification, a nursing intervention defined as use of short-term counseling to help the patient cope with a crisis and resume a state of functioning comparable to or better than the pre-crisis state.

nursing intervention an action for which nurses are responsible that is intended to benefit a patient or client.

percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) the management of coronary artery occlusion by any of various catheter-based techniques, such as percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, atherectomy, angioplasty using the excimer laser, and implantation of coronary stents and related devices.

intervention (omaha) in the omaha system, an action or activity undertaken to address a specific client problem and to improve, maintain, or restore health or to prevent illness. See also intervention scheme.

percutaneous coronary intervention

The opening of narrowed or blocked coronary arteries by means of balloon angioplasty (with or without placement of stents), atherectomy, or other techniques involving use of a catheter.

per·cu·ta·ne·ous co·ro·nar·y in·ter·ven·tion

(PCI) (pĕr'kyū-tā'nē-ŭs kōr'ŏ-nar'ē in'tĕr-ven'shŭn)

The treatment modality used during cardiac catheterization to reduce or remove occlusion within the coronary arteries and increase perfusion to the myocardium. PCIs include atherectomy, brachytherapy, stent implantation, angioplasty, and laser revascularization.
Synonym(s): intracoronary stenting.

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Update in chronic total occlusion percutaneous coronary interventions. J Minneapol Heart Inst Found 2017; 1(1): 7-12.

OUTCOME OF PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION IN TOTALLY OCCLUDED CORONARY ARTERIES

An evaluation of fluoroscopy time and correlation with outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention. J Invasive Cardiol.

Procedural determinants of fluoroscopy time in patients undergoing cardiac catheterization

Emergency coronary artery bypass surgery for percutaneous coronary interventions: changes in the incidence, clinical characteristics, and indications from 1979 to 2003.

ONE-YEAR CLINICAL OUTCOMES IN INDIAN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PRIMARY PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION WITHOUT ON-SITE SURGICAL BACKUP

Practical issues on the use of enoxaparin in elective and emergent percutaneous coronary intervention. J Invasive Cardiol 2008; 20:482-9.

EFFECTIVENESS AND SAFETY OF ENOXAPARIN AS ANTICOAGULANT IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING ELECTIVE PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION FOR STABLE CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE: FIVE-YEARS EXPERIENCE OF A SINGLE CENTER

With the advent of novel recanalization techniques and emerging devices, percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) have become a promising treatment option for these patients [1-5].

Complex Recanalization of Chronic Total Occluison Supported by Minimal Extracorporeal Circulation in a Patient with an Aortic Valve Bioprothesis in Extraanatomic Position

Multivessel percutaneous coronary intervention in patients with stable angina: a common approach?

In-hospital and one-year clinical outcome of percutaneous coronary intervention in a tertiary hospital in Oman: Oman PCI registry

Contrast-Induced nephropathy after percutaneous coronary interventions in relation to chronic kidney disease and hemodynamic variables.

RISK FACTORS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF CONTRAST INDUCED NEPHROPATHY IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION

Palacios, "The changing pattern of coronary perforation during percutaneous coronary intervention in the new device era," The Journal of Invasive Cardiology, vol.

Successful management of coronary artery rupture with stent-graft: a case report

Presence of older thrombus is an independent predictor of long-term mortality in patients with ST-elevation myocardial infarction treated with thrombus aspiration during primary percutaneous coronary intervention. Circulation 2008; 118: 1810-6.

Thrombus aspiration may decrease bleeding risk in the early postoperative myocardial infarction treated with percutaneous intervention/Perkutan girisim ile tedavi edilen erken donem postoperatif miyokart enfarktusunde trombus aspirasyonu kanama riskini azaltabilir

Regado Biosciences, which specialises in the development of controllable aptamer drug systems, said it would spend the bulk of the new capital to support the Phase 3 development of its lead programme REG1 for use in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Regado Biosciences gets USD51m in VC funding

LOS ANGELES--Coronary artery bypass graft surgery not only provides better clinical outcomes than percutaneous coronary intervention in diabetic patients with multivessel disease, but it does so in a highly cost-effective manner, according to an economic analysis of the FREEDOM trial, Elizabeth A.

FREEDOM: CABG shows excellent cost effectiveness