Association of Physician Certification in Interventional Cardiology With In-Hospital Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention
Fiorilli PN, Minges KE, Herrin J, Messenger JC, Ting HH, Nallamothu BK, Lipner RS, Hess BJ, Holmboe ES, Brennan JJ, Curtis JP. Association of Physician Certification in Interventional Cardiology With In-Hospital Outcomes of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention. Circulation 2015, 132: 1816-1824. PMID: 26384518, PMCID: PMC4641797, DOI: 10.1161/circulationaha.115.017523.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEmergency coronary artery bypassPercutaneous coronary interventionCoronary artery bypassArtery bypassVascular complicationsHospital mortalityEnd pointHospital outcomesCoronary interventionPCI proceduresIn-Hospital OutcomesPrimary end pointSecondary end pointsComposite end pointRisk of bleedingHierarchical multivariable modelInternal Medicine certificationAmerican BoardCathPCI RegistryPatient characteristicsPCI volumeUnadjusted outcomesAdverse outcomesPatient outcomesMultivariable model