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ACC/AHA Release New PCI Performance MeasuresACC/AHA Release New PCI Performance Measures
The 11 new performance and quality measures for percutaneous coronary intervention can help 'serve as vehicles to accelerate appropriate translation of scientific evidence into clinical practice,' according to the AHA/ACC. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - December 24, 2013 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Cardiology News Source Type: news

PCI Bested by CABG, Drug Tx in 2 Meta-Analyses (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Compared with percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) improved outcomes in patients with multivessel disease and medical therapy provided similar benefits in patients with stable disease and proof of ischemia, two meta-analyses showed. (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - December 5, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news

Stents Lose In Comparisons With Surgery And Medical Therapy
Despite the enormous increase in the use of stents in recent decades, there is little or no good evidence comparing their use to the alternatives of bypass surgery (coronary artery bypass graft, or CABG) or optimal medical therapy in patients also eligible for these strategies. Now two new meta-analyses published in JAMA Internal Medicine provide new evidence that the alternatives to stents (often called a percutaneous coronary intervention, or PCI) remain attractive and that some of the growth in PCI may have been unwarranted. (Stents have been a key element in the growth of several medical device companies...
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - December 3, 2013 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Larry Husten Source Type: news

Coronary Stenting Doesn't Hold Up Well in Meta-Analyses (FREE)
By Joe Elia Two meta-analyses in JAMA Internal Medicine bring discouraging news to fans of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).The first, an analysis of long-term (mean, 4-year) outcomes in multivessel disease, gives the advantage to … (Source: Physician's First Watch current issue)
Source: Physician's First Watch current issue - December 3, 2013 Category: Primary Care Source Type: news

Closure Devices May Cut PCI Complications (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- The use of vascular closure devices significantly reduced complications and the need for transfusions in obese and overweight patients undergoing transfemoral percutaneous coronary intervention, researchers reported. (Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular)
Source: MedPage Today Cardiovascular - November 19, 2013 Category: Cardiology Source Type: news