Among patients requiring transfer to another hospital for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; procedures such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement used to open narrowed coronary arteries), ...

In an analysis of the outcomes for more than 15,000 patients who underwent a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; procedures such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement used to open narrowed ...

STEMI patients who require an emergent transfer for PCI generally understand the situation and accept the need to transfer, but a significant minority would prefer to stay at a local hospital, ...

September 24, 2009 (San Francisco, California) — Two new nonrandomized studies presented this week at the TCT 2009 meeting report different outcomes when acute-MI patients are transported directly to ...

Medicare's Hospital Compare website now includes data on how many patients are readmitted within 30 days of undergoing heart catheterization procedures, such as angioplasty. Reporting the data on ...

One in 10 PCI patients is readmitted to the hospital within 30 days, according to a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. The study is a good example of the increased focus on ...

Fewer than 10% of STEMI patients eligible for PCI who arrive at a hospital without PCI capability are transferred within the recommended times, according to a new study published in Archives of ...

March 10, 2010 (New Haven, Connecticut) — A new study trying to tease out the value of regionalized acute-MI care has found that yes, overall mortality seems to be lower at PCI hospitals as compared ...

(HealthDay News) – Patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) who are taken directly to a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI)-capable hospital, even if they have to bypass a ...