Why the study?
Hospitals without PCI capabilities transfer patients for coronary angiography and PCI, but the safety of immediate re-transfer after in-service PCI was not established.
Does an in-service organization strategy with immediate re-transfer prevent in-hospital clinical events and complications in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention compared to an overnight stay in a PCI-capable hospital?
Observational (n=1,030)
Yes
Does an in-service organization strategy with immediate re-transfer prevent in-hospital clinical events and complications in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention compared to an overnight stay in a PCI-capable hospital?
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An in-service strategy for PCI with immediate re-transfer to a community hospital is feasible and safe, presenting similar in-hospital complication rates compared to overnight admission in a PCI-capable center.
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Tomai et al. (2010) conducted an observational in Patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (n=1,030). In-service PCI strategy with immediate re-transfer to community hospital vs. PCI with overnight stay in a hospital with cath-lab capabilities was evaluated on In-hospital rate of major clinical events (death for cardiovascular causes, cerebrovascular events, urgent revascularization, stent thrombosis) (p=0.8).
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