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Introduction Over the past two decades, extensive debates continued to be held to determine the minimum annual percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) numbers an interventional healthcare institution must meet in order to maintain high-quality performance and ensure patient safety throughout the entirety of patients’ hospital stay. While PCI procedures have become routine, they remain quite complex and potentially risky. Operators’ expertise, cardiac catheter laboratory (Cathlab) team competence and equipment readiness, coronary care unit (CCU) preparedness, and cardiac surgery availability or accessibility, are all essential factors tha