In a recent issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Dr. Rishi K. Wadhera and several senior physicians wrote a piece under the category of Cardiovascular Medicine and Society titled "Public Reporting of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes: Institutional Costs and Physician Burden."¹ They question the undocumented benefit of reporting and scrutinize the cost and labor of reporting along with the potential for dissuading physicians from attempting to improve the quality and potential longevity of persons who are high risk for a procedure.

References

1. Wadhera RK, O'Brien CW, Joynt Maddox KE, et al. Public Reporting of Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Outcomes: Institutional Costs and Physician Burden. J Am Coll Cardiol 2019;73:2604-8.

Clinical Topics: Invasive Cardiovascular Angiography and Intervention, Noninvasive Imaging, Interventions and Imaging, Angiography, Nuclear Imaging

Keywords: Percutaneous Coronary Intervention, Risk, Hospitals, Coronary Angiography

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