If Only the Doctor Will Let Me Go Home: Same Day Discharge after PCI

Coronary revascularization and home by dinner. Thirty years ago, this would have been dreaming. Admission one day with cardiac catheterization the next was the norm. Several days to consider whether PTCA could be done with surgical backup, then a day or two extra after the PTCA to make sure the sheaths came out of the groin without too much blood loss. The intervention left the coronary unstable without a stent, and the groin was unstable without reliable closure. Reimbursement also encouraged hospitalization while everyone was waiting.
Source: Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine - Category: Cardiology Authors: Tags: Editorial Source Type: research