The Bounce Back: Should Hospital Readmission Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Be the Next Focus of Our Quality Efforts?

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Michael Ragosta. JACC Cardiovasc Interv. 2019.

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. 2019 Apr 22;12(8):749-751.

doi: 10.1016/j.jcin.2018.12.041. Epub 2019 Mar 27.

¹ University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia. Electronic address: mr8b@virginia.edu.

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Keywords: acute myocardial infarction; coronary artery disease; outcomes; percutaneous coronary intervention; readmission.

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