Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty

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.
 

State total in cases: 11,736
State risk-adjusted mortality rate: 1.4%
National risk-adjusted mortality rate: 1.2% (*)

There are 30 hospitals in this table.

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 =  Better than state average
 =  At the state average
 =  Worse than state average
 0%10%20%30%40%50%60%70%80%90%100%
 State Avg.
 Benton          
  Richland          
Kadlec Medical Center(355 : 0.2% , 1.8%) (1.0%)
 Chelan          
  Wenatchee          
Central Washington Hospital(224 : 1.6% , 4.3%) (2.9%)
 Clark          
  Vancouver          
Southwest Washington Medical Center(492 : 0.7% , 2.3%) (1.5%)
 King          
  Auburn          
Auburn Regional Medical Center(68 : 0.0% , 2.6%) (0.8%)
  Bellevue          
Overlake Hospital Medical Center(1021 : 0.2% , 1.9%) (1.0%)
  Burien          
Highline Community Hospital(97 : 2.6% , 6.5%) (4.6%)
  Federal Way          
Saint Francis Hospital(64 : 0.0% , 1.8%) (0.5%)
  Kirkland          
Evergreen Hospital Medical Center(158 : 0.2% , 2.2%) (1.2%)
  Renton          
Valley Medical Center(144 : 0.7% , 3.2%) (2.0%)
  Seattle          
Harborview Medical Center(81 : 0.1% , 2.3%) (1.2%)
Northwest Hospital(305 : 0.0% , 1.4%) (0.3%)
Swedish Medical Center(10 : )
Swedish Providence Medical Center(581 : 0.9% , 2.1%) (1.5%)
University Of Washington Medical Center(173 : 0.1% , 2.4%) (1.3%)
Virginia Mason Medical Center(507 : 0.1% , 1.9%) (1.0%)
 Kitsap          
  Bremerton          
Harrison Memorial Hospital(432 : 0.4% , 1.9%) (1.1%)
 Pierce          
  Puyallup          
Good Samaritan Hospital(115 : 1.0% , 3.3%) (2.1%)
  Tacoma          
Saint Joseph Medical Center(487 : 0.5% , 1.9%) (1.2%)
Tacoma General Hospital(661 : 1.9% , 3.6%) (2.8%)
 Skagit          
  Mt Vernon          
Skagit Valley Hospital(142 : 0.4% , 2.9%) (1.6%)
 Snohomish          
  Edmonds          
Stevens Healthcare(109 : 0.6% , 3.4%) (2.0%)
  Everett          
Providence Everett Medical Center(815 : 1.2% , 2.5%) (1.8%)
 Spokane          
  Spokane          
Deaconess Medical Center(551 : 0.0% , 1.4%) (0.7%)
Holy Family Hospital(49 : 1.9% , 4.7%) (3.3%)
Sacred Heart Medical Center(1482 : 0.9% , 1.9%) (1.4%)
 Thurston          
  Olympia          
Capital Medical Center(54 : 0.0% , 2.4%) (0.0%)
Providence Saint Peter Hospital(995 : 1.2% , 2.5%) (1.8%)
 Whatcom          
  Bellingham          
Saint Joseph Hospital(965 : 0.3% , 1.4%) (0.8%)
 Yakima          
  Yakima          
Yakima Regional Medical & Heart Center(494 : 0.3% , 1.9%) (1.1%)
Yakima Valley Memorial Hospital(105 : 0.9% , 3.6%) (2.2%)


*Source of national risk-adjusted mortality rate: National Quality Indicators - 2004 national statistics -- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample.
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