title: Post PCI Angina: Painful in Many Ways!
abstract: Based on a multi-payer claims database, post-PCI angina (or chest pain) was frequent, occurring in 28% of patients at 1-year and 40% at 3 years. Patients with post-PCI angina had more physician and emergency department visits, diagnostic testing, (including repeat cardiac catheterization 29 vs. 4%) and hospitalizations at 1-year leading to markedly higher total direct medical costs. These results should stimulate further research into the etiology of post-PCI angina and strategies to decrease both the frequency and the significant economic burden associated with the challenging problem.
authors.affiliation: Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Ahmed
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Al Badri
authors.affiliation: Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, California.
authors.forename: Timothy D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Henry
mesh_terms: D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000191:economics; D002637:Chest Pain; D016208:Databases, Factual; D006801:Humans; D016896:Treatment Outcome