Complex PCI without Surgical on Site Set up! Is it safe?

Abstract

Coronary Percutaneous intervention (PCI) has evolved over last 3 to 4 decades and it is now considered safe and effective treatment option for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) across the globe. Advancement in devices, drugs and technology used for PCI have changed the horizon of interventional cardiology procedures from simple PCI to complex PCI with variable set of lesions such as chronic total occlusions (CTOs), heavily calcified and unprotected left main disease demonstrating high rate of procedural success and safety. Despite this improvement in PCI, the surgery on site (SOS) is mandated on the notion of safety paradigm.