This is a prospective randomized clinical trial of same day discharge versus overnight stay for patients undergoing uncomplicated elective or low-risk urgent PCI with uncomplicated post-PCI recovery. The outcome is total cost accrued by patients from the time of index hospital presentation through 30-day post-PCI follow-up.~Conduct of PCI procedures and provision of post-PCI care will be in accordance with routine institutional practices and will not be protocol-driven.~Consented patients will be assigned to SDD or ON stay using a block randomization schedule. Randomization will occur once the patient has completed an uncomplicated 6-hour post PCI observation period.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether the total costs of care associated with uncomplicated elective or low-risk urgent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) through 30-day follow up are lower among patients who are randomly assigned to same day discharge (SDD) or overnight hospital stay (ON).