What is High Risk Angioplasty & Cardiopulmonary Support (CPS)?
High-risk angioplasty means angioplasty in patients who have poor LV function alone or with other medical conditions that make them a high risk candidate for angioplasty or even bypass surgery. We mean people who have had previous multiple myocardial infarctions with multiple coronary stenoses. Or they have only one open artery which is also threatening to close. In these high risk patients, one cannot perform angioplasty or any other intervention because their heart will not tolerate the procedure. But with the support of the Percutaneous Cardiopulmonary Bypass Support (PCPS), the procedure can be performed very safely, even in patients in ventricular fibrillation.
