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Is same-day discharge after PCI safe?


 

Is sending patients home the same day they undergo percutaneous coronary intervention as safe as watching patients overnight in the hospital? Dr. Kimberly Brayton discusses the results of a meta-analysis, and outlines her own medical center's protocol for post-PCI discharge.

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