title: [Cardiology in general hospitals. A cooperative survey on medical teams, technical means and activity].
abstract: A national enquiry carried out in 1990 in the departments of cardiology of general and private non-profit making hospitals established the status of these departments and the evolution of their personnel and equipment since their creation. The enquiry involved two thirds of the cardiology departments of the general hospitals (119/180) and showed that most (66%) were established between 1974 and 1988. Implanted in fairly important cities with catchment areas of 100,000 to 400,000 people, they have an average of 32 beds (range 11 to 100) and 7.25 coronary care beds (range 4 to 19); 347 doctors work full (211) or part time (136) in these departments. These two types of work are allowed in the majority of these units (64/119). Specialist certified cardiologists practice in 62 departments (56%). The usual technical equipment is available in 80% of the units (Doppler echocardiography, exercise stress testing, Holter monitoring, right heart catheterisation). Permanent pacing is performed in 65% of these hospitals, more so in the provinces than in the Paris region. Coronary angiography is only available in 21%, radioisotopic investigations in 15% and coronary angioplasty in 12% of these centres. A prospective study performed in 1990 concerning 110 hospitals recruited 1,030 myocardial infarctions, which enabled the total number of infarcts hospitalised in the coronary care units of the general hospitals to be estimated at about 21,000 (60% of French myocardial infarctions).
authors.affiliation: Centre hospitalier Robert-Ballanger, Aulnay-sous-Bois.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hanania
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Barnay
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lancelin
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Monassier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mullon
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Medvedowsky
mesh_terms: D017130:Angioplasty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D002309:Cardiology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000458:organization & administration*; D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003325:Coronary Care Units; D005602:France; D006306:Health Surveys; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D007902:Length of Stay; D000078329:Workforce
vernacular_title: La cardiologie en hôpital général. Enquête coopérative sur les équipes médicales, les moyens techniques et l'activité.