Length of hospital stay and complications after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Clinical and procedural predictors. Heparin Registry Investigators.
Wolfe M, Roubin G, Schweiger M, Isner J, Ferguson J, Cannon A, Cleman M, Cabin H, Leya F, Bonan R, Strony J, Adelman B, Bittl J. Length of hospital stay and complications after percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty. Clinical and procedural predictors. Heparin Registry Investigators. Circulation 1995, 92: 311-9. PMID: 7634443, DOI: 10.1161/01.cir.92.3.311.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous transluminal coronary angioplastyLength of stayMultivessel coronary artery diseasePTCA complicationsCoronary artery diseaseTransluminal coronary angioplastyHospital stayUnstable anginaBaseline variablesAdvanced ageComplex lesionsArtery diseaseCoronary angioplastyLesion complexityNon-Q-wave myocardial infarctionIndividual baseline variablesBaseline risk factorsClinical risk scoreEmergency bypass surgeryProlonged hospital staySelection of patientsAbrupt vessel closureConventional balloon angioplastyAccess of patientsStrongest predictor