What if a patient does not want to have elective angioplasty at one of the nine participating hospitals?
Patients requiring elective angioplasty may choose to have the procedure performed at one of the 18 cardiac surgery centers in the state if they do not want to participate in the elective angioplasty demonstration project. The C-PORT-E study does not interfere with the patients’ right to choose from among the licensed facilities available to perform elective angioplasty.