Percent of Patients with Heart Attacks Receiving Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI)
Because a lack of blood supply to the heart muscle after a heart attack can cause lasting damage, it is important that treatment to open up blocked arteries be given as soon as possible.
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is a category of procedures that includes:
- Angioplasty, in which a balloon is threaded into a blood vessel and then inflated to open it up
- Stenting, in which a small wire tube (the stent) is inserted inside a blood vessel to hold it open, and
- Atherectomy, in which a blade or laser cuts through and removes the blockage
This measures reports the percentage of eligible patients who received PCI within 90 minutes of arriving at the hospital.
A high score is better than a low score.
The chart above shows how Cedars-Sinai's performance on this measure compared with the top 10% of hospitals in the United States, the national average for hospitals, the top 10% of hospitals in California and the California average. These data reflect care given to patients at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center from January through March 2008. The national and California data reflect care given to patients from January 2007 through December 2007.
