Percutaneous coronary intervention quality and performance

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guidelines for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (DO NOT EDIT)^[1]

Class I
“1. Every PCI program should operate a quality-improvement program that routinely i. reviews quality and outcomes of the entire program; (Level of Evidence: C) ii. reviews results of individual operators; (Level of Evidence: C) iii. includes risk adjustment; (Level of Evidence: C) iv. provides peer review of difficult or complicated cases; and (Level of Evidence: C) v. performs random case reviews. (Level of Evidence: C)“
“2. Every PCI program should participate in a regional or national PCI registry for the purpose of benchmarking its outcomes against current national norms. (Level of Evidence: C)”