Outcomes of PCI at Hospitals with or without On-Site Cardiac Surgery
Authors:
- Thomas AversanoTAThomas Aversano
- Cynthia C. LemmonCLCynthia C. Lemmon
- Li LiuLLLi Liu
- 10 May 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 366 (19) , 1792-1802
Abstract
Performance of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is usually restricted to hospitals with cardiac surgery on site. We conducted a noninferiority trial to compare the outcomes of PCI performed at hospitals without and those with on-site cardiac surgery.Keywords
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