Comparison of Inhospital Outcomes and Hospitalization Costs of Peripheral Angioplasty and Endovascular Stenting
Panaich SS, Arora S, Patel N, Patel NJ, Lahewala S, Solanki S, Manvar S, Savani C, Jhamnani S, Singh V, Patel SV, Thakkar B, Patel A, Deshmukh A, Chothani A, Bhatt P, Savani GT, Patel J, Mavani K, Bhimani R, Tripathi B, Mohamad T, Remetz MS, Curtis JP, Attaran RR, Grines C, Mena CI, Cleman M, Forrest JK, Badheka AO. Comparison of Inhospital Outcomes and Hospitalization Costs of Peripheral Angioplasty and Endovascular Stenting. The American Journal Of Cardiology 2015, 116: 634-641. PMID: 26096999, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2015.05.031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLower amputation ratesInhospital mortalityPostprocedural complicationsHospitalization costsEndovascular stentingAmputation rateUtilization Project Nationwide Inpatient Sample databaseTwo-level hierarchical multivariateNationwide Inpatient Sample databaseComposite end pointPeripheral arterial diseaseHigher hospitalization costsAppropriate International ClassificationPeripheral endovascular interventionsInhospital outcomesSecondary outcomesPeripheral angioplastyPrimary outcomeArterial diseaseClinical outcomesStudy cohortNinth RevisionPatency ratesEndovascular interventionAngioplasty