December 13, 2011 (Rochester, Minnesota) — A large meta-analysis of 15 controlled studies shows that patients undergoing PCI at centers without on-site surgery capabilities are no more likely to die ...

January 28, 2010 (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) — Patients undergoing cardiac surgery subsequent to a coronary intervention during the same hospital admission have a much higher risk of acute kidney ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PCI without surgery on-site is as safe as PCI at centers with on-site surgery across randomized controlled ...

PCI complications that require emergency surgery don’t occur frequently, but when they do—not surprisingly—they’re associated with worse outcomes, national data from England and Wales indicate. Of ...

Decision-making between percutaneous and surgical revascularization in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) is challenging. Current guidelines recommend surgery as the preferred ...

SAN DIEGO, CA—Long-term follow-up from two new studies—MAIN-COMPARE and SYNTAX Extended Survival (SYNTAXES)—provide new insights into the relative strengths and weaknesses of PCI and CABG for the ...

Fewer patients were referred to cardiac rehabilitation after PCI than after cardiac surgery, with referral rates varying significantly by hospital, according to a study. Using data from the Clinical ...

Performance of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is usually restricted to hospitals with cardiac surgery on site. We conducted a noninferiority trial to compare the outcomes of PCI performed at ...

A new study has found that perioperative aspirin can prevent heart-related complications after major noncardiac surgery in patients with previous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) such as an ...

HealthDay News — For patients with prior percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), perioperative aspirin seems to be beneficial, according to a study published online November 13 in the Annals of ...

WASHINGTON -- Since reimbursement has improved for coronary revascularization at ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), outpatients going this route have been few but fairly well selected. Medicare claims ...