NICE Stent Guidelines Recommend Angioplasty With Stenting Over CABG
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
An increase in the utilization rate for coronary artery stents "from approximately 75% to 80%" of total percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI), or balloon angioplasty procedures, is anticipated as a result of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidance to the National Health Service on coronary artery stents.