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Evolução da intervenção coronária percutânea entre 2004‐2013. Atividade em Portugal segundo o Registo Nacional de Cardiologia de Intervenção

2015; Elsevier BV; Volume: 34; Issue: 11 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/j.repc.2015.06.005

2174-2030

Hélder Pereira, Rui Campante Teles, Marco Costa, Pedro Canas da Silva, Rui Cruz Ferreira, Vasco da Gama Ribeiro, Ricardo Santos de Oliveira, Pedro Farto e Abreu, Henrique Carvalho, Jorge Marques, Renato Fernandes, Vítor Brandão, Dinis Martins, António Drummond, João Pipa, Luís Seca, João Calisto, José Baptista, Fernando Matias, J. Sousa Ramos, Francisco Pereira‐Machado, João C. Silva, Manuel Almeida,

Cardiac Imaging and Diagnostics

The aim of the present paper is to report trends in Portuguese interventional cardiology from 2004 to 2013 and to compare them with other European countries.Based on the Portuguese National Registry of Interventional Cardiology and on official data from the Directorate-General of Health, we give an overview of developments in coronary interventions from 2004 to 2013.In 2013, 36 810 diagnostic catheterization procedures were performed, representing an increase of 34% compared to 2007 and a rate of 3529 coronary angiograms per million population. Coronary interventions increased by 65% in the decade from 2004 to 2013, with a total of 13 897 procedures and a rate of 1333 coronary interventions per million population in 2013. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) increased by 265% from 2004 to 2013 (1328 vs. 3524), an adjusted rate of 338 primary PCIs per million, representing 25% of total angioplasties. Stents were the most frequently used devices, drug-eluting stents being used in 73% in 2013. Radial access increased from 4.1% in 2004 to 57.9% in 2013.Interventional cardiology in Portugal has been expanding since 2004. We would emphasize the fact that in 2013 all Portuguese interventional cardiology centers were participating in the National Registry of Interventional Cardiology, as well as the growth in primary PCI and increased use of radial access.