December 2, 2011
30-Day Readmissions High After PCI
Nearly 10% of patients undergoing angioplasty and other percutaneous interventions (PCI) at the Mayo Clinic were readmitted within 30 days after discharge, but the extent to which the readmissions reflected faulty initial treatment was unclear, researchers said. Review of prospective registry data covering 15,498 inpatient PCI procedures carried out at Mayo’s St. Marys Hospital over […]
Tags: angioplasty, Henry H. Ting, Stents