RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Kuznar, Wayne
T1 MASS COM Trial: Nonemergency PCI Safe without on-Site Surgery Capability
JF MD Conference Express
YR 2013
FD SAGE Publications
VO 13
IS 2
SP 25
OP 26
DO 10.1177/155989771302017
UL http://mdc.sagepub.com/content/13/2/25.abstract
AB Nonemergency percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) performed at hospitals without on-site cardiac surgery capability, but with sufficient procedural volume was as safe and effective as PCI performed at hospitals with cardiac surgery services. This article presents results from a Randomized Trial to Compare Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Between Massachusetts Hospitals With Cardiac Surgery-On-Site and Community Hospitals Without Cardiac Surgery-On-Site [MASS COM; Jacobs AK et al. N Engl J Med 2013] which compared the outcomes of nonemergency PCI at 10 hospitals in Massachusetts without on-site cardiac surgery services and 7 hospitals with on-site cardiac surgery services.