Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
coronary revascularisation
Definitions related to coronary revascularisation:
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(coronary revascularization) Need for coronary revascularization procedure (PCI or CABG) for the presumed culprit lesion(s). This criterion would be fulfilled if revascularization was undertaken during the unscheduled hospitalization, or subsequent to transfer to another institution without interceding home discharge. (Hicks KA, Tcheng JE, Bozkurt B, Chaitman BR, Cutlip DE, Farb A, Fonarow GC, Jacobs JP, Jaff MR, Lichtman JH, Limacher MC, Mahaffey KW, Mehran, R, Nissen SE, Smith EE, Targum SL. 2014 ACC-AHA Key Data Elements and Definitions For Cardiovascular Endpoint Events In Clinical Trials: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Data Standards (Writing Committee to Develop Cardiovascular End Points Data Standards) J Am Coll Cardiol 2014; In Press)CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(coronary revascularization procedure) Any procedure that is undertaken to reestablished blood flow to the heart.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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