Interventional Cardiology Glossary

Balloon inflation performed after stent deployment to optimize stent expansion, apposition, and ensure adequate final re...

A risk calculator for predicting bleeding complications during dual antiplatelet therapy.

Bifurcation intervention approach prioritizing main vessel stenting with conditional side branch treatment based on post...

Bifurcation stenting refinement method using appropriately sized balloon inflation from main vessel ostium to carina lev...

Quantitative Flow Ratio, a novel angiography-based method for assessing coronary stenosis severity without need for pres...

Percutaneous entry through the radial artery at the wrist for cardiac catheterization procedures, preferred over femoral...

The anatomical pattern where the right coronary artery gives rise to the posterior descending artery and supplies the in...

The re-narrowing of a coronary artery after successful percutaneous intervention.

Coronary plaque modification technique using high-speed rotating diamond-coated burr to ablate calcified atherosclerotic...

A conduit harvested from the patient's leg and used to bypass blocked coronary arteries, commonly requiring intervention...

The acute reduction in vessel lumen diameter immediately following balloon deflation during angioplasty, before permanen...

Reduction in side branch flow or patency following main vessel intervention, particularly during bifurcation lesion trea...

Angiographic phenomenon of delayed contrast clearance from coronary vessels despite absence of epicardial obstruction.

ST-elevation myocardial infarction, a severe type of heart attack requiring immediate intervention.

Incomplete contact between stent struts and the arterial wall, detected by intravascular imaging and associated with inc...

Acute blood clot formation within a previously implanted coronary stent, representing a catastrophic complication requir...

Enhanced risk stratification tool combining anatomical complexity with clinical variables to guide revascularization str...

An angiographic scoring system used to quantify the complexity of coronary artery disease.

A repeat intervention performed on the same coronary lesion previously treated with PCI.

Transcatheter aortic valve implantation, a minimally invasive procedure to replace aortic valves without open-heart surg...

Mechanical removal of blood clots from coronary arteries using specialized catheter-based devices during primary PCI pro...

Mechanical removal of coronary thrombus using specialized aspiration catheters during primary percutaneous coronary inte...

A standardized classification system for assessing coronary blood flow during angiography.

A classification system assessing tissue-level perfusion after coronary intervention, distinct from epicardial flow asse...