Nebraska Heart Institute - Quality & Safety

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Lincoln, NE 68526

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Interventional Cardiology

A variety of interventional cardiology procedures are performed at the Nebraska Heart Hospital, including balloon angioplasty and stent implantations.

The Nebraska Heart Hospital quality results for these procedures far exceed the national averages as reported by the American College of Cardiology (ACC).

For more information please visit American College of Cardiology.

Reporting period for Institutional Outcomes Report: July 1, 2009 - March 31, 2010.

Quality Indicators	Nebraska Heart Hospital	National Average
*Angiographic stent success	99.5%	98.9%
Risk adjusted mortality	.98%	1.46%
Length of stay	1.6 days	3.0 days
Any adverse events (without heart bypass)	2.2%	6.3%
Bleeding events post procedure (without heart bypass)	0.6%	1.8%

*higher percentage is better

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