Hospitals Without on-Site Cardiac Surgery Can Perform Non- Emergency Angioplasty Safely and Effectively

Patients who have non-emergency angioplasty to open blocked heart vessels have no greater risk of death or complications when they have the procedure at hospitals without cardiac surgery backup. That is the conclusion of a national a study to assess the safety and effectiveness of such procedures at community hospitals.

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