Preferred Label : Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention;
NCIt synonyms : Elective PCI;
NCIt related terms : Elective;
NCIt definition : A percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) that is performed on an outpatient basis
or during a subsequent hospitalization without significant risk of infarction or death.
For stable inpatients, the procedure is being performed during their hospitalization
for convenience and ease of scheduling but not because the patient's clinical situation
demands the procedure before discharge. If the diagnostic catheterization was elective
and there were no complications, the PCI would also be considered elective.;
Alternative definition : ACC/AHA: The procedure can be performed on an outpatient basis or during a subsequent
hospitalization without significant risk of infarction or death. For stable inpatients,
the procedure is being performed during this hospitalization for convenience and ease
of scheduling and NOT because the patient's clinical situation demands the procedure
before discharge. If the diagnostic catheterization was elective and there were no
complications, the PCI would also be elective.;
NCI Metathesaurus CUI : CL1905321;
Origin ID : C191588;
UMLS CUI : C5787255;
Semantic type(s)
- concept_is_in_subset
- procedure_has_target_anatomy
