Another Step Forward in Our Ability to Predict Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes

Despite advancements in devices, technique, and patient selection, adverse events including bleeding, vascular complications, myocardial infarction, stroke, and death still occur during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Accurate and up-to-date risk-adjusted models that predict mortality after PCI are important to inform clinical decision making, identify patient factors that increase risk, provide a standardized format to measure programmatic quality, and drive continuous quality improvement efforts to improve operator outcomes.
Source: The American Journal of Cardiology - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research