title: Five year trends in cardiac catheterization: a report from the Registry of the Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions.
abstract: The Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions has maintained a registry of cardiac catheterizations since 1979 and of percutaneous cardiac interventions since 1990. Data from 392,923 procedures (317,592 diagnostic catheterizations, 74,963 coronary interventions, and 368 valvuloplasties) for the years 1990-1994 inclusive are presented. Over the 5 year period there was a trend toward same day and 23 hr discharges (19% in 1990 to 29% in 1994), and a decrease in combined right and left heart procedures from 38% to 26%. For cardiac catheterizations ionic contrast use declined from 26% of procedures to 13% in 1994. The use of ionic contrast was even lower in interventional procedures, with laboratories reporting use in 21% of procedures in 1990 dropping to 9% in 1994. Balloons were the first choice device in 92.5% of native arteries and 82.7% of grafts in 1994. For the first time in 1994 more mitral than aortic valvuloplasties were reported.
authors.affiliation: Society for Cardiac Angiography and Interventions, Breckenridge, Colorado 80424, USA.
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Krone
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Johnson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Noto
mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000639:trends*; D002318:Cardiovascular Diseases / Q000628:therapy*; D002404:Catheterization; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries; D012955:Societies, Medical