February 21st, 2012
Part 4: Clashing Views of Appropriate Use Criteria for PCI
Steve Marso, MD, J Aaron Grantham, MD, FACC, Paul S. Chan, MD, MS and John Spertus, MD, MPH
In a recent Viewpoint in JACC: Cardiovascular Interventions, Marso and colleagues expressed grave reservations about the application of appropriate use criteria for PCI in a controversial study published last year in JAMA by Chan and colleagues, which found that only half of PCIs performed for nonacute indications were classified as appropriate. Interventional cardiology editors Rick Lange and David Hillis asked CardioExchange members for their […]
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