PAMI full form in medical term is Primary Angioplasty in Acute Myocardial Infarction. A heart attack or myocardial infarction is a medical emergency occurring when blood flow to the heart is blocked due to clogged arteries. A clogged artery results in a build-up of blood clots or plaque, damaging the heart muscle due to a decrease in the heart’s oxygen supply and blood flow to the heart.
Also called percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty, balloon angioplasty, and percutaneous coronary intervention, primary angioplasty is simply safe, enveloping, and life-saving catheter-based process used to address acute myocardial infarction or heart attack.
The percutaneous means through the skin, transluminal refers to passing through a channel or lumen, angio stands for blood vessels, and plasti means to open.
PA is operated as a substitute for thrombolysis, which includes drugs to soften clots and open up the artery. Well, there are numerous benefits of primary coronary angioplasty, including: