With recent approval from the Connecticut Department of Public Health, Greenwich Hospital now offers elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) services, commonly known as coronary angioplasty.
The approval allows the Heart and Vascular Center to provide a broader range of heart procedures locally, reducing the need for patients to be transferred to other hospitals for treatment.
Elective PCI is a minimally invasive procedure used to open narrowed or blocked coronary arteries and improve blood flow to the heart. While Greenwich Hospital has provided emergency PCI services for more than 20 years, the new approval also enables the hospital to perform elective and urgent elective PCI procedures. Many patients are able to receive diagnosis and treatment from the same care team at Greenwich Hospital, avoiding unnecessary delays, duplicate testing and additional travel.
Because the elective PCI program uses existing cardiac catheterization laboratories, equipment and clinical staff, no new construction or major capital investments are required.
