Archives for April, 2014

NURSING CARE POST PCI (PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION)

A percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is often called balloon angioplasty. A catheter is inserted into the blood vessels either in the groin (femoral artery) or in the arm (radial artery). Using a special type of X-ray called fluoroscopy; the catheter is threaded through the blood vessels into the heart where the coronary artery is narrowed. […]