If a hospital is providing quality angioplasty and they're close to the numbers, we're not going to shut them down. Our decision really only can be made based on volume, but barring them being egregiously unable to meet expectations of volume, the agency is not looking to shut the programs down. We would be concerned if they were well below.
Quotes about angioplasty (4 Quotes)
I did talk to him (after the angioplasty) and he sounds wonderful.
This man was extremely involved in medications, and on top of that, he had angioplasty two days before Christmas for that.
For women who are documented to have heart disease, women who have angina, who have had a heart attack, who've had bypass surgery, who've had angioplasty, that hormone therapy not be started for the purpose of cardiac protection, and the reason for it is for the potential early risk.