It has been used in percutaneous coronary intervention.

By the end of 2004, drug eluting stents were used in nearly 80 percent of all percutaneous coronary interventions.

Other procedures that are done during a percutaneous coronary intervention include:

Doubtless all will undergo improvements in the future, and offer hope for further increasing the safety of high-risk percutaneous interventions.

A BBC film showing angioplasty being used for primary percutaneous intervention.

"If a hospital can provide both, it seems advantageous to commit to primary percutaneous coronary intervention," he said, referring to angioplasty.

Numerous studies have shown that percutaneous coronary intervention (angioplasty with or without stenting) saves lives.

When it is blocked through atherosclerosis, percutaneous intervention with access from the opposite femoral may be needed.

The drug is designed for the treatment of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary interventions.

Anemia is an independent predictor of mortality after percutaneous coronary intervention.