Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Utilization and Appropriateness across the United States.

Substantial geographic variation exists in percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) use across the United States. It is unclear the extent to which high PCI utilization can be explained by PCI for inappropriate indications. The objective of this study was to examine the relationship between PCI rate...

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Main Authors: Michael P Thomas, Craig S Parzynski, Jeptha P Curtis, Milan Seth, Brahmajee K Nallamothu, Paul S Chan, John A Spertus, Manesh R Patel, Steven M Bradley, Hitinder S Gurm
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2015-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4575022?pdf=render