IMPACT OF INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW OF PCI APPROPRIATENESS ON QUALITY OF CARE AND OUTCOMES: AN ANALYSIS FROM THE TOP PCI STUDY AND THE NCDR-CATH PCI REGISTRY

Hospitals have been under increasing scrutiny regarding potentially inappropriate PCI. However, little is known about contemporary patterns of institutional review of PCI appropriateness and the impact of these programs on procedural appropriateness. The TOP PCI study surveyed 500 hospitals