Number of PTCA Procedures Performed Annually

From Q2 2005 to Q2 2006, Strong Memorial Hospital's interventional cardiologists performed 1,458 PTCAs, exceeding the AHA/ACC guidelines recommending that a hospital performs at least 400 procedures per year.

The Leapfrog Group has recommended that hospitals which perform percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) should perform a minimum of 400 procedures per year in order to maintain the highest level of quality (Surgery, September 2001: 130; 415-422). The American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology 2005 guidelines for PTCA have a similar recommendation.