Spanish cardiac catheterization and coronary intervention registry. 18th official report of the Spanish Society of Cardiology Working Group on Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology (1990-2008).
OBJECTIVE
Each year the Spanish Society of Cardiology Working Group on Cardiac Catheterization and Interventional Cardiology reports on the data contained in a national registry of procedures performed. The present report is for the year 2008. It contains information on the scope of interventional cardiology in Spain and provides data for use in comparisons with other countries.


METHODS
Hospitals provided data voluntarily. The information was analyzed by the steering committee of the Working Group.


RESULTS
Data were submitted by 131 hospitals (74 public and 57 private) that performed relevant procedures, mainly in adults. In total, 136,458 diagnostic procedures were carried out, of which 123,031 involved coronary angiography. Numbers were little changed from the previous year, with an overall rate of 2658 coronary angiograms per million population. The number of percutaneous coronary interventions increased by 2.2% to 61,810, with a rate of 1334 per million inhabitants. In addition, 101,753 stents were implanted, of which 58.2% were drug-eluting. The number of procedures carried out for acute myocardial infarction was 12,079, which makes up 20.6% of all percutaneous coronary interventions and is an increase of 6.7% relative to 2007. The most common intervention in adults with congenital heart disease was closure of an atrial septal defect, which was performed in 305 cases. The most common valve procedure was mitral valvuloplasty, which was performed in 371 cases with a success rate of 96%. Further, 151 aortic percutaneous valves were implanted.


CONCLUSIONS
The most significant increases in activity were in procedures for ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction and percutaneous valve implantation. The rates of all other diagnostic and therapeutic procedures changed only slightly.
Baz
José A
JA
Junta Directiva, Sección de Hemodinámica y Cardiología Intervencionista, Sociedad Española de Cardiología, Madrid, España. jose.baz.alonso@sergas.es
Albarrán
Agustín
A
Pinar
Eduardo
E
Mauri
Josepa
J
D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D002309:Cardiology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012042:Registries; D013030:Spain