BMC2 Publication on Statewide Initiative To Increase Intracoronary Imaging Optimization in PCI Now in JSCAI

The BMC2 publication, “Statewide Initiative to Increase Intracoronary Imaging Optimization in PCI: A Report From the BMC2 Registry,” is in print in the Journal of the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography & Interventions (JSCAI).

Dr. Ryan Madder and co-authors looked at the trend in using intracoronary imaging to guide percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) over the same period BMC2 implemented a statewide quality improvement initiative to increase intracoronary imaging use between 2020 and 2023.

Intracoronary imaging can be used to assess the coronary artery and choose stent size and placement during PCI.

The initiative included focused education for physicians, reporting comparative institution-level intracoronary imaging use, and tracking intracoronary use as a performance metric.

Over the 5-year study period, a total of 140,739 PCIs were performed at 48 nonfederal hospitals in Michigan. Concurrent with BMC2’s statewide quality improvement initiative, ICI use to optimize PCI increased from 7.3% in the study’s first year to 44.0% in the fifth year.

This increase in intracoronary imaging can improve success rates in PCI and reduce the risk of complications, leading to better outcomes for patients.

Learn more about this study from Ryan Madder, MD; Milan Seth, MS; Devraj Sukul, MD, MSc, FACC; Prasanthi Yelavarthy, MD; Elizabeth Pielsticker, MD; John Gribar, MD; Sabina Kumar, MD; Mark Zainea, MD; Kevin Croce, MD, PhD; Evan Shlofmitz, DO; Brett Wanamaker, MD, FACC, FSCAI; and Hitinder S. Gurm, MD at PubMed.