All-Cause Readmission and Repeat Revascularization After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Cohort of Medicare Patients
Curtis JP, Schreiner G, Wang Y, Chen J, Spertus JA, Rumsfeld JS, Brindis RG, Krumholz HM. All-Cause Readmission and Repeat Revascularization After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in a Cohort of Medicare Patients. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2009, 54: 903-907. PMID: 19712799, DOI: 10.1016/j.jacc.2009.04.076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPercutaneous coronary interventionReadmission ratesRevascularization proceduresCause readmissionCoronary interventionPCI proceduresMortality rateIndex percutaneous coronary interventionAcute myocardial infarction patientsCause readmission rateIndex PCI procedureMedian readmission rateDays of dischargeRepeat revascularization proceduresMyocardial infarction patientsNon-AMI patientsPCI patientsRepeat revascularizationRevascularization ratesPrimary outcomeInfarction patientsSuch readmissionsMedicare patientsRetrospective analysisReadmission