THE IMPACT OF BLEEDING AVOIDANCE STRATEGIES ON HOSPITAL-LEVEL VARIATION IN BLEEDING RATES FOLLOWING PERCUTANEOUS CORONARY INTERVENTION: INSIGHTS FROM THE NCDR CATHPCI REGISTRY

Prior studies have reported that bleeding rates following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) vary markedly among hospitals, but the extent to which use of bleeding avoidance strategies (BAS) explains this variation is unknown. Using the American College of Cardiology National Cardiovascular