title: [Is coronary angioplasty less costly than aortocoronary bypass?].
abstract: We retrospectively compared the cost-benefit ratio of coronary bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary angioplasty (PTCA). Data were obtained on 40 CABG's and 40 PTCA's patients treated from 15/2/86 to 15/9/86. All patients had at last 1-year follow-up. PTCA and CABG groups had similar baseline clinical and angiographic criteria. We analyzed the following cost components: real estate, biomedical products, drugs, hospital charges, medical fees, cardiac and non-cardiac tests. Total cost of CABG exceeds that of PTCA by a factor of 1.64: 15,095,000 vs 9,201,346 Italian liras (ILit). Taking into account early and late medical and surgical complications, the factor decreases to 1.39: 15,746,500 vs 11,323,000 ILit. After 1 year of follow-up the factor decreases to 1.18: 16,613,500 vs 14,027,500 ILit. Our data show that the initial savings were reduced when complications and follow-up are considered, but PTCA's patients had shorter hospitalization, earlier return to work, lower psychosocial stress.
authors.affiliation: Divisione Ospedaliera di Cardiologia, Ospedale Maggiore di San Giovanni Battista, Torino.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Casaccia
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Marra
authors.forename: G M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Ottino
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Forsennati
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morea
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000191:economics / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy / Q000453:epidemiology; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies
vernacular_title: L'angioplastica coronarica è meno costosa del bypass aortocoronarico?