Clinical outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention for acute coronary syndrome between hospitals with and without onsite cardiac surgery backup.

CONCLUSIONS: There is no significant difference in clinical outcomes following PCI for ACS between hospitals with and without onsite cardiac surgery backup in Japan. PMID: 26928574 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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Source: Journal of Cardiology - February 23, 2016 Category: Cardiology Authors: Akasaka T, Hokimoto S, Sueta D, Tabata N, Oshima S, Nakao K, Fujimoto K, Miyao Y, Shimomura H, Tsunoda R, Hirose T, Kajiwara I, Matsumura T, Nakamura N, Yamamoto N, Koide S, Nakamura S, Morikami Y, Sakaino N, Kaikita K, Nakamura S, Matsui K, Ogawa H, Kuma Tags: J Cardiol Source Type: research