Number of Interventional Cardiologists Exceeding Guidelines for Individual Physician Volume for PTCA

From Q2 2005 to Q2 2006, 100% of Strong Memorial Hospital's interventional cardiologists performed more than 75 PTCA procedures, exceeding the AHA/ACC guidelines for individual physician volume.

Percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) guidelines, published by the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association in 2005, recommend that individual physicians who perform PTCA should perform a minimum of 75 procedures per year in order to obtain the best outcomes.