<unk>  (IPTE) are a rare group of acute ischemic complications that occur during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI).  Although by definition IPTE should occur before the end of the PCI procedure; it can come about before or after stent-placement during PCI.       In contrast to other complications that might occur before or after PCI, IPTE has recently been recognized as a special category of complications that include distinctive risk factors and associated patient and procedural characteristics.  Most importantly, IPTE comprises a unique predictor of periprocedural and postprocedural adverse clinical outcomes and overall patient prognosis.  As such, the emergent objective understanding of IPTE and its reproducible effects are expected to render IPTE as a clinical end-point in PCI rather than a mere<unk>  observation.
Intraprocedural thrombotic events
Abrupt closure during coronary intervention
Perioperative bleeding
Septic embolism
Post operative complications
Paradoxical embolism
No-reflow phenomenon
Post-thrombotic syndrome