What is a percutaneous coronary intervention

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Assignment:

According to Urden, et al., (2021), the use of catheter-based procedures to open coronary arteries that are blocked or narrowed are frequently used to treat coronary artery disease (CAD).

-What is a Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)?

-What is the nursing management after a PCI?

-Is it important to do frequent pulse checks to the affected limb? Why?

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