Many Hospitals Fall Short in Referrals to Cardiac Rehab Despite the known benefits of cardiac rehab, many hospitals do not refer patients to this important follow-up care after PCI.
Short Hospital Stays after Angioplasty Following Heart Attack Are Often Sufficient Study finds patients 65 or older discharged from the hospital as early as 48 hours after angioplasty following a heart attack have similar outcomes as those who stay four-to-five days.
Heart attack patients with cardiogenic shock In-hospital outcomes not improving despite use of state-of-the-art measures.
Treatment for heart attack patients with prior surgery lags According to a new study, patients undergoing angioplasty performed by a sleep-deprived doctor fared about the same as those whose doctor was rested.