This procedure is a non-surgical treatment done to open blockages in the arteries that carry blood to the heart muscle. A thin tube is threaded through a major blood vessel in the leg up to the heart, and a small balloon or other device on the tip of the tube is used to reduce or eliminate the blockage. The procedure may be done to reduce chest pain, prevent or treat heart attacks, or to treat other heart problems caused by blockages in the coronary arteries. Usually the procedure is done on an out-patient basis. This indicator reports the number of times the procedure was performed on hospitalized patients only.
Instructions on interpreting this graph

State total in cases—8,643
Threshold—This indicator has substantial published evidence suggesting that providers performing more than 200 procedures have better patient outcomes.

Technical information on the relationship between the indicator and quality of health care service—Go to the AHRQ detailed evidence on Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty Volume HTML.

GREEN BAR — Hospitals which have met these minimum thresholds and generally are associated with better patient outcomes.
YELLOW BAR — Hospitals which have not met these minimum thresholds.

  Boulder Community Hosp.

  St. Thomas More Hosp.

  Southwest Memorial Hosp.

  Memorial Hosp.

  Penrose Hosp.

  Denver  

  Denver

  Wheat
  Ridge

  Aurora

  Thornton

  Brighton

  Denver  

  Denver  

  Denver  

  Denver  

  Westminster

  Denver  

  Englewood

  Denver  

  Mercy Med. Cntr.

  Poudre Valley Hosp.

  Valley View Hosp.

  St. Marys Hosp. and Med. Cntr.

  North Colorado Med. Cntr.

  Longmont United Hosp.

  Avista Adventist Hosp.

  McKee Med. Cntr.

  Montrose Memorial Hosp.

  Parkview Med. Cntr.

  St. Mary Corwin Med. Cntr.

  Heart of the Rockies Regional Med. Cntr.