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. 2019 Jun 5;8(12):e012081. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.012081

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Proportion of patients receiving atherectomy or PTA by quintile of instrument 1 and atherectomy or stent by quintile of instrument 2. A, The distribution of treatment delivered to patients by quintile of instrument 1, which is the hospital‐specific proportion of atherectomy delivered among patients receiving atherectomy or PTA in the 12 months before their procedure. B, The distribution of treatment delivered to patients by quintile of instrument 2, which is the hospital‐specific proportion of atherectomy delivered among patients receiving atherectomy or stent in the 12 months before their procedure. PTA indicates percutaneous transluminal angioplasty.