Medical treatment in China

Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Drug-Eluting Stent

Where appropriate, drug-eluting stents or drug-coated balloons may be selected. A catheter is usually inserted through an artery to perform angiography. Under imaging guidance, a guidewire is passed across the narrowing, and a stent is deployed after balloon predilation; intravascular ultrasound/op…