Initiation of Arterial Stenotic Thrombosis

Abstract

Current practice in arterial disease is to establish the site of stenosis, to dilate the stenosis with angioplasty or surgical bypass, and to try to maintain the integrity of the arterial lumen with stents. There are either bare stents or drug eluting stents which are more thrombogenic requiring long term dual antiplatelet therapy with its risk of increased bleeding. For coronary disease, this is called Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI).