Biomaterial Database

Less Is More, but Is More Less? 2020

David E Kandzari

Piedmont Heart Institute, Atlanta, GA.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D011379	Prognosis	A prediction of the probable outcome of a disease based on a individual's condition and the usual course of the disease as seen in similar situations.	Prognostic Factor,Prognostic Factors,Factor, Prognostic,Factors, Prognostic,Prognoses
D015906	Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary	Dilation of an occluded coronary artery (or arteries) by means of a balloon catheter to restore myocardial blood supply.	Angioplasty, Coronary Balloon,Angioplasty, Transluminal, Percutaneous Coronary,Coronary Angioplasty, Transluminal Balloon,Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty,Balloon Dilation, Coronary Artery,Transluminal Coronary Balloon Dilation,Angioplasties, Coronary Balloon,Balloon Angioplasties, Coronary,Balloon Angioplasty, Coronary,Coronary Balloon Angioplasties,Coronary Balloon Angioplasty
D054855	Drug-Eluting Stents	Stents that are covered with materials that are embedded with chemicals that are gradually released into the surrounding milieu.	Drug-Coated Stent,Drug-Coated Stents,Drug-Eluting Stent,Stents, Drug-Coated,Stents, Drug-Eluting,Drug Coated Stent,Drug Coated Stents,Drug Eluting Stent,Drug Eluting Stents,Stent, Drug-Coated,Stent, Drug-Eluting,Stents, Drug Coated,Stents, Drug Eluting
D062645	Percutaneous Coronary Intervention	A family of percutaneous techniques that are used to manage CORONARY OCCLUSION, including standard balloon angioplasty (PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL CORONARY ANGIOPLASTY), the placement of intracoronary STENTS, and atheroablative technologies (e.g., ATHERECTOMY; ENDARTERECTOMY; THROMBECTOMY; PERCUTANEOUS TRANSLUMINAL LASER ANGIOPLASTY). PTCA was the dominant form of PCI, before the widespread use of stenting.	Percutaneous Coronary Revascularization,Coronary Intervention, Percutaneous,Coronary Interventions, Percutaneous,Coronary Revascularization, Percutaneous,Coronary Revascularizations, Percutaneous,Intervention, Percutaneous Coronary,Interventions, Percutaneous Coronary,Percutaneous Coronary Interventions,Percutaneous Coronary Revascularizations,Revascularization, Percutaneous Coronary,Revascularizations, Percutaneous Coronary