The HeartCare Center at Blanchard Valley Hospital (BVH), Findlay, performed its 1,000th percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedure today (June 12).
PCI is a procedure done to open narrowed or blocked arteries in the heart. The procedure can be performed as an elective procedure to help decrease the risk of a heart attack, or can be done during a heart attack to reestablish blood flow to a blocked area of the heart.