The relationship between procedural volume and patient outcomes for percutaneous coronary interventions: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The relationship between procedural volume and outcomes for percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) is contentious, with previous reviews suggesting an inverse volume-outcome relationship. The aim of this study was to systematically review contemporary evidence to re-examine this relationship.

Methods

A systematic review and meta-analysis was undertaken to examine the relationship between PCI procedural volume (both at hospital- and operator-levels) and outcomes in adults. The primary outcome was mortality. The secondary outcomes were complications, healthcare utilisation and process outcomes. Searches were conducted from 1 January 2008 to 28 May 2019. Certainty of the evidence was assessed using 'Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluatio

SUBMITTER: Walsh KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8008355 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature