January 28, 2010 (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) — Patients undergoing cardiac surgery subsequent to a coronary intervention during the same hospital admission have a much higher risk of acute kidney ...

December 13, 2011 (Rochester, Minnesota) — A large meta-analysis of 15 controlled studies shows that patients undergoing PCI at centers without on-site surgery capabilities are no more likely to die ...

Decision-making between percutaneous and surgical revascularization in patients with multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD) is challenging. Current guidelines recommend surgery as the preferred ...

PCI complications that require emergency surgery don’t occur frequently, but when they do—not surprisingly—they’re associated with worse outcomes, national data from England and Wales indicate. Of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . PCI without surgery on-site is as safe as PCI at centers with on-site surgery across randomized controlled ...

Performance of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is usually restricted to hospitals with cardiac surgery on site. We conducted a noninferiority trial to compare the outcomes of PCI performed at ...

A new study has found that perioperative aspirin can prevent heart-related complications after major noncardiac surgery in patients with previous percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) such as an ...

Emergency surgery has become a rare event after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Whether having cardiac-surgery services available on-site is essential for ensuring the best possible outcomes ...