Why the study?
PCI continues to advance at pace with an ever-broadening indication, enabling more complex coronary disease to be treated.
A precision PCI approach guided by physiology, imaging, and optimal lesion preparation is recommended to achieve complete revascularization and durable long-term results.
Supports precision PCI for durable outcomes; leaves open need for RCTs to confirm benefits.
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) continues to advance at pace with an ever-broadening indication. In this article we will review the recent technological advances in PCI that have enabled more complex coronary disease to be treated. The choice of revascularisation strategy must take into account the evidence-just because we can treat by PCI does not necessarily mean we should. When PCI is indicated, a safe, precision PCI approach guided by physiology, imaging and optimal lesion preparation should be the goal to obtain complete revascularisation and a durable long-term result. When these standards are adhered to, the outcomes can be excellent, in even complex coronary disease. We provide contemporary trial evidence to justify PCI and treatment algorithms that ensure optimal revascularisation decision making to achieve the best patient outcomes.
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