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PCI (percutaneous coronary intervention) is the main method of treatment of coronary stenosis. It is a method where a balloon catheter is inserted in the coronary artery and the narrowed area is opened by inflating a balloon. In recent years such is referred to as PCI, including treatment methods and stenosis removal using stents.

3 treasures indispensable for PCI treatment

1: PCI guide wires
PCI guide wires are the guides necessary to carry PCI balloon catheters, stents and other medical devices that pass through blood vessels that have become clogged or narrowed for catheter treatment.
2: PCI guiding catheters
PCI guiding catheters are tubes that are placed in the area from the puncture site to the coronary artery. It plays an important role of safely carrying PCI guide wires, PCI balloon catheters and other medical devices to the entrance of the coronary artery.
3: PCI balloon catheters
PCI balloon catheters are catheters for spreading open blood vessels that have become clogged or narrowed. They are inserted along PCI guide wires and it has the function of opening blood vessels from the inside by inflating the balloon on the tip with a diameter of 1mm to 5mm.

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