Patients requiring transfer to another facility for percutaneous coronary intervention rarely meet recommended guidelines for transfer to treatment times
Monday, November 28, 2011 - 19:30
in Health & Medicine
Among patients requiring transfer to another hospital for percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI; procedures such as balloon angioplasty or stent placement used to open narrowed coronary arteries), the estimated time from arrival to transfer rarely meets recommended guidelines of 30 minutes or less, according to a new report.