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[Registry of activities of the Hemodynamics and Interventional Cardiology Section in 1993]
M Gómez Recio1, L Martínez Elbal, M Pan
1Sección de Hemodinámica y Cardiología Intervencionista, Sociedad Española de Cardiología.
Insights
The Spanish Registry for Interventional Cardiology reported a 17% increase in cardiac catheterization procedures in 1993. Balloon angioplasty (PTCA) showed a 91.5% success rate with low complication incidence.
Area of Science:
- Cardiology
- Interventional Cardiology
- Public Health
Context:
- Presents 1993 data from the Spanish Registry for Interventional Cardiology.
- Includes 72 participating cardiac catheterization laboratories (100% of active labs in 1993).
- Covers both public and private healthcare sectors, with 8 labs specializing in pediatric cases.
Purpose:
- To document and analyze the activity and outcomes of interventional cardiology procedures in Spain for 1993.
- To track trends in diagnostic and therapeutic cardiovascular interventions.
- To assess the success rates and complication incidence of specific interventional procedures.
Summary:
- A total of 47,353 diagnostic procedures (75.2% coronariography) and 2,647 endomyocardial biopsies were performed.
- Therapeutic interventions included 7,807 balloon PTCA, 535 coronary atherectomies, 825 mitral valvotomies, and 503 endocoronary prostheses.
- Overall activity increased by approximately 17% from 1992.
Impact:
- Balloon PTCA demonstrated a high primary success rate of 91.5%.
- The incidence of complications for balloon PTCA was 4.2%, including a 0.7% mortality rate.
- The data provides a benchmark for interventional cardiology practice in Spain and highlights procedural efficacy and safety.
Abstract:
Results of the Spanish Registry for Interventional Cardiology 1993 are presented, as previous years, by the Section of Haemodinamics and Interventional Cardiology of Sociedad Española de Cardiología. There are 72 participating cardiac catheterization laboratories. That represents 100% of those laboratories who had activity in 1993, Public medicine (51 centers) and Private practice (21 centers). From those, 8 laboratories exclusively performed pediatric cases. There have been performed 47353 diagnostic procedures and 2647 endomiocardial biopsies. In diagnostic cases greater proportion corresponds to coronariography (37591, 75.2%). Therapeutic interventionalism is also accomplished in 61 laboratories, on which 7807 balloon PTCA, 535 coronary atherectomies, 825 mitral valvotomies were performed, and 503 endocoronary prostheses were implanted. Mean rate of coronary interventionalism was 222 procedures by a million of inhabitants. This activity represents approximately a 17% increase from 1992, in diagnostic as well interventional procedures. Results of therapeutic cases did not show any significant changes, balloon PTCA primary success rate is 91.5%, with an incidence of 4.2% of complications that includes 0.7% mortality rate.