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Relationship Between Procedure Volumes and Outcomes in Catheter-Based Coronary Artery Interventions

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In the field of interventional cardiology, institutional and operator volumes are often used as quality metrics across many national health care systems. The relationship between volumes and better outcomes appears intuitive as it is logical to think that doing a procedure more frequently is likely to enhance operator skills and, more importantly, the ability to recognize and deal with complications. National bodies recommend minimum procedural activity for practicing interventionists to maintain competency. In this chapter we review the various volume thresholds set by the international recommending bodies and, more importantly, the evidence behind such recommendations.

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Rashid, M., Mamas, M.A. (2018). Relationship Between Procedure Volumes and Outcomes in Catheter-Based Coronary Artery Interventions. In: Lanzer, P. (eds) Textbook of Catheter-Based Cardiovascular Interventions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55994-0_34

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