MultiCare and Yakima Valley Memorial announce acquisition agreement
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Summit Health partners with Pulse Heart Institute for C Oregon cardiovascular care
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SYNTAX: PCI, CABG confer similar long-term outcomes for elderly CAD patients
Whether elderly patients with 3-vessel disease (3VD) and/or left main coronary artery disease (LMCAD) underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) for revascularization, their ten-year rates of all-cause mortality, life expectancy, five-year major adverse cardiac or cerebrovascular events (MACCE), and five-year quality of life (QOL) were comparable, according to results of the SYNTAX Extended Survival study.
Therefore, PCI “might be a reasonable alternative to CABG for elderly patients with 3VD and/or LMCAD,” concluded Masafumi Ono, MD, of University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and fellow SYNTAX Extended Survival investigators.
On Dec. 30, 2020, MultiCare Health System announced it has reached an agreement with an affiliate of LifePoint Health to acquire an ownership interest in Capital Medical Center in Olympia. This transaction will expand MultiCare’s ability to meet the health and health care needs of the people and communities in the South Puget Sound region and more broadly in the Pacific Northwest.
“Capital Medical Center is an important part of the Thurston County community, and we are looking forward to working with the employees and providers in the area to improve the health of the South Sound region,” said Bill Robertson, President and CEO of MultiCare Health System. “MultiCare has been in Thurston County for 30 years and adding Capital Medical Center to our family is the natural next step in our journey to expand access to care and services. Together, we will contribute to the health and vitality of the community in Thurston County and across Washington state.”