Definition of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) Cohort

Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) refers to the placement in persons 18 years of age or older, of an angioplasty guide wire, balloon, or other device (e.g. stent, atherectomy, brachytherapy, or thrombectomy catheter) into a native coronary artery or coronary artery bypass graft for the purpose of mechanical coronary revascularization. Percutaneous Coronary Intervention can also mean Angioplasty or coronary intervention for the purposes of the Massachusetts Cardiac Study.