Dhaval Kolte, Neel M Butala, Kevin F Kennedy, Jason H Wasfy, Anupam B Jena, Rahul Sakhuja, Nathaniel Langer, Serguei Melnitchouk, Thoralf M Sundt, Jonathan J Passeri, Igor F Palacios, Ignacio Inglessis, Sammy Elmariah
BACKGROUND: Cardiovascular procedural volumes can serve as metrics of hospital infrastructure and quality, and are the basis for thresholds for initiating transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVr) programs. Whether hospital volumes of TMVr, surgical mitral valve replacement or repair (SMVRr), and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) are indicators of TMVr quality of care is not known. METHODS: We used the 2017 Nationwide Readmissions Database to identify hospitals that performed at least 5 TMVr procedures...
March 2022: Cardiovascular Revascularization Medicine: Including Molecular Interventions