With increasing implantation of coronary artery stents over the past 2 decades, it is inevitable
that anesthesiologists practicing in the outpatient setting will need to determine whether …

Abstract The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) began reimbursement for
percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) performed in ambulatory surgical centers (ASC) in …

EDITORIAL 357 answered in accordance with the ACC/AHA guidelines that four to six
weeks is an appropriate delay for noncardiac surgery following coronary stenting, while 36 …

PHYSICIANS are increasingly being confronted with questions regarding the appropriate
treatment of patients with recently implanted coronary stents who are in need of noncardiac …

BACKGROUND: The perioperative management of patients with a coronary artery stent is a
major patient safety issue currently confronting clinicians. Surgery on a patient on …

Migration of surgical and other procedures that require anesthesia care from a hospital to a
free-standing ambulatory surgery center (ASC) continues to grow. Patients with cardiac …

ACS= acute coronary syndrome; ASA= American Society of Anesthesiologists; ASCs=
Ambulatory Surgical Centers; CAD= coronary artery disease; CCTA= coronary computed …

With advances in technology and accumulating expertise over the past several decades,
many invasive procedures traditionally performed in an inpatient setting are now being …

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Objectives The aim of this study was to explore characteristics and outcomes of patients
undergoing elective percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) in ambulatory surgery centers …