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Contemporary trends in coronary intervention: A report from the registry of the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions
Author(s) -
Laskey Warren K.,
Kimmel Steven,
Krone Ronald J.
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
catheterization and cardiovascular interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.988
H-Index - 116
eISSN - 1522-726X
pISSN - 1522-1946
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1522-726x(200001)49:1<19::aid-ccd3>3.0.co;2-q
Subject(s) - medicine , interventional cardiology , angioplasty , psychological intervention , myocardial infarction , coronary angiography , stent , bypass surgery , balloon , cardiology , angiography , surgery , artery , psychiatry
This report of the Registry for the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions provides data on the trends in coronary interventional procedures from the time period June 1966 through December 1998. A total of 19,510 consecutive coronary interventional procedures were recorded. Over this time period, significant trends in coronary stent implantation were recorded along with a decreasing reliance on balloon angioplasty as sole therapy. Patients with acute myocardial infarction comprised an increased fraction of all procedures. Almost half of all interventions were performed in patients with multivessel disease. Finally, decreasing rates of in‐hospital death and emergent bypass surgery compared to prior reports from the registry characterize the current practice of interventional cardiology. Cathet. Cardiovasc. Intervent. 49:19–22, 2000. © 2000 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.