What is the Appropriate Indication for Elective PCI?
To optimize the opportunity to improve care, elective PCI should occur in nonacute settings, as analyses of PCIs performed in acute settings have shown that the vast majority of these procedures are classi ed as appropriate according to AUC (19). Furthermore, this performance measure is not completely superimposable on recently published AUC and guidelines, as subtle differences between the AUC and guidelines do exist, particularly for PCI.