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Percutaneous coronary intervention quality and performance

Introduction

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

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

Quality and Performance Considerations (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)”
References

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Levine GN, Bates ER, Blankenship JC, Bailey SR, Bittl JA, Cercek B, Chambers CE, Ellis SG, Guyton RA, Hollenberg SM, Khot UN, Lange RA, Mauri L, Mehran R, Moussa ID, Mukherjee D, Nallamothu BK, Ting HH (2011). “2011 ACCF/AHA/SCAI Guideline for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Executive Summary A Report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions” (PDF). Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 58 (24): 2550–83. doi:10.1016/j.jacc.2011.08.006. PMID 22070837. Retrieved 2011-12-08. Text “PDF” ignored (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

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