2013
Lower Hospital Volume Is Associated With Higher In-Hospital Mortality in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction
Kontos MC, Wang Y, Chaudhry SI, Vetrovec GW, Curtis J, Messenger J. Lower Hospital Volume Is Associated With Higher In-Hospital Mortality in Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for ST-Segment–Elevation Myocardial Infarction. Circulation Cardiovascular Quality And Outcomes 2013, 6: 659-667. PMID: 24192572, DOI: 10.1161/circoutcomes.113.000233.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPrimary percutaneous coronary interventionPrimary PCIHigh-volume hospitalsLow-volume hospitalsPercutaneous coronary interventionBalloon timeCoronary interventionHospital volumeHigher annual hospital volumeHigher In-Hospital MortalityAnnual hospital volumeLow hospital volumeRoutine coronary stentingIn-Hospital MortalityElevation myocardial infarctionMajority of patientsNew pharmacological agentsHospital mortalityCathPCI RegistryMultivariate adjustmentUnadjusted mortalityCoronary stentingMyocardial infarctionCurrent guidelinesPatient visits
2012
LOWER HOSPITAL VOLUME IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING PRIMARY PCI FOR ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION
Kontos M, Wang Y, Chaudhry S, Vetrovec G, Messenger J, Curtis J. LOWER HOSPITAL VOLUME IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER IN-HOSPITAL MORTALITY FOR PATIENTS UNDERGOING PRIMARY PCI FOR ST ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION. Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology 2012, 59: e394. DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(12)60395-7.Peer-Reviewed Original Research