Coronary angioplasty and stenting in New York
Browse Coronary angioplasty and stenting records by city in New York.
About the procedure
Coronary angioplasty opens a narrowed heart artery with a catheter and balloon. A stent can hold the artery open.
Public records
CMS counts procedure occurrences for Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage patients. An occurrence represents a clinician, patient, date and procedure category. The count describes experience rather than treatment success.
CMS uses a source-defined one-year observation window. The public count file does not supply exact start and end dates.
A published range of 1–10 remains a range. Missing or suppressed values are not zero.
Each result stays with the clinician, group or hospital identified by its source. OpenHealth does not combine results into an overall doctor score.
New York reports all PCI and non-emergency PCI separately. Use the procedure group that matches the proposed treatment. Each group has its own eligibility rules.
The state reports deaths during the same acute-care admission or after discharge within 30 days of the procedure. Risk-adjusted mortality accounts for measured patient risk. It estimates performance for a statewide patient mix, not your personal risk.
The state publishes case counts, observed and expected mortality, risk-adjusted mortality, 95% confidence intervals and a comparison with the statewide rate. Keep each result with its reporting period and measured clinician or hospital. A difference between two rates does not establish that one doctor is better.
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Questions for a consultation
- What benefit should I expect from a stent compared with medicines or bypass surgery?
- How often does this doctor perform the exact procedure they recommend?
- Which complications do you track, and how do you follow patients after treatment?
- Who should I contact if I have a problem during recovery?
Before the consultation
- Bring your diagnosis, imaging and a list of medicines.
- Ask which treatment options fit your condition.
Before scheduling
- Confirm the facility and insurance arrangements with the practice.
- Ask for the recovery plan and follow-up contact.