Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) Teaching 1499
The patient was instructed in percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA), intracoronaru stenting that a band-aid over the wound site may be changed and may not be needed after a day or two. The patient was taught that if bleeding does occur at the groin site compression should be applied immediately.
Reviewed November 2017
Reviewed for general reference only. Adapt to your patient, agency policy, and scope of practice.