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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2018 Jun 20.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Cardiol. 2017 Jun 20;69(24):2913–2924. doi: 10.1016/j.jacc.2017.04.032

Central Illustration. Procedure Characteristics and In-Hospital Outcomes by Operator Volume.

Central Illustration

Nearly half of all operators were low-volume operators (performed < 50 PCIs/year). Compared with intermediate- (50–100 PCIs/year) and high- (> 100 PCIs/year) volume operators, low-volume operators worked at lower volume hospitals, performed more emergency PCIs and primary PCIs for STEMI, less frequently used radial access, used more radiographic contrast dye, and more fluoroscopy minutes. Though in-hospital mortality was low (1.6% overall), it was higher for low- and intermediate-volume operators than for high-volume operators.