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Percutaneous Coronary Interventions in Facilities Without Cardiac Surgery On Site: A Report From the National Cardiovascular Data Registry (NCDR)

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Key Words

percutaneous coronary intervention
cardiac surgery
outcomes analysis

Abbreviations and Acronyms

ACC
American College of Cardiology
AHA
American Heart Association
CABG
coronary artery bypass graft surgery
IABP
intra-aortic balloon pump
MI
myocardial infarction
NSTEMI
non–ST-segment myocardial infarction
PCI
percutaneous coronary intervention
SCAI
Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions
STEMI
ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction

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Data analysis was performed by the Duke Clinical Research Institute with funding from the National Cardiovascular Data Registry. Drs. Kutcher and Klein perform percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) at facilities that have on-site cardiac surgery. Dr. Wharton is a consultant to Corazon, The Heart and Vascular Experts, and performs PCI at a facility that does not have on-site cardiac surgery. Dr. Dehmer is Chief, Division of Cardiology, Texas A&M College of Medicine, Scott & White HealthCare, which includes facilities that have on-site cardiac surgery and facilities that do not. Dr. Singh performs PCI at Mayo Clinic facilities that have on-site cardiac surgery and facilities that do not. Dr. Anderson performs PCI at a facility that has on-site cardiac surgery.