Benefit of post PCI medical checklist to improve adhering with best practice guidelines in the patients with coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of medical and health education checklist according to ACC/AHA guidelines for improving compliance in the patients with coronary heart disease who underwent percutanoeus coronary intervention (PCI).

Material And Method: This study was a prospective cohort study between control group (historical coronary artery disease (CAD) cases who underwent PCI between October 2008 and May 2009) and a case group (CAD cases who underwent PCI between May 2009 and January 2010) at Her Majesty Cardiac Center floor 8th and Cardiac Care Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University. In the control group, basic care proceed.