Does higher annual operator and institutional volume of PCI reduce adverse outcomes and costs in patients undergoing PCI?
Higher operator and institutional PCI volumes are associated with reduced adverse outcomes, shorter hospital stays, and lower costs.
Overall in-hospital mortality after PCI was low. An increase in operator and institutional volume of PCI was found to be associated with a decrease in adverse outcomes, length of hospital stay, and cost of hospitalization.
Badheka et al. (Fri,) studied this question.
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