Coronary angioplasty (PTCA) in selected hospitals of Navi-Mumbai

Abstract

Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty (PTCA) is the most common procedure done for the treatment of coronary artery disease. It is a minimally invasive technique in which some plaques in the arteries of the heart are flattened against the arterial walls, resulting in improved circulation to the heart muscle. The procedure involves threading a catheter through the vessel to the atherosclerotic plaque, inflating and deflating a small balloon at the tip of the catheter several times, and then removing the catheter. The leading cause of morbidity and mortality in India is Coronary artery disease. Intra coronary stent placements have emerged as alternative treatment choice to coronary artery surgery in the management of coronary artery disease. A very few studies were conducted on this aspects. Especially many Indian studies have not been carried on this aspect. The findings showed that in post test 10% of the patients had excellent level of knowledge, 58% of them had very good, 30 % of the patients had good knowledge, 02% of the patients had average knowledge score. Thus, it was concluded that self instructional module (SIM) on post PTCA home care among patients was found to be effective. It can be concluded that the self instructional module (SIM) helped the patients to improve their knowledge about post PTCA home care. Also analysis revealed a very high association between knowledge score with age, gender, education, occupation and income.