A multidisciplinary consensus document on follow-up strategies for patients treated with percutaneous coronary intervention.
The number of percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) is increasing worldwide. Follow-up strategies after PCI are extremely heterogeneous and can greatly affect the cost of medical care. Of note, clinical evaluations and non-invasive exams are often performed to low risk patients. In the present consensus document, practical advises are provided with respect to a tailored follow-up strategy on the basis of patients' risk profile. Three strategies follow-up have been defined and types and timing of clinical and instrumental evaluations are reported. Clinical and interventional cardiologists, cardiac rehabilitators, and general practitioners, who are in charge to manage post-PCI patients, equally contributed to the creation of the present document.
Dipartimento Cardiovascolare, AO Papa Giovanni XXIII, Bergamo, Italia.
Roberta
R
Rossini
Luigi
L
Oltrona Visconti
Giuseppe
G
Musumeci
Alessandro
A
Filippi
Roberto
R
Pedretti
Corrado
C
Lettieri
Francesca
F
Buffoli
Marco
M
Campana
Davide
D
Capodanno
Battistina
B
Castiglioni
Maria Grazia
MG
Cattaneo
Paola
P
Colombo
Leonardo
L
De Luca
Stefano
S
De Servi
Marco
M
Ferlini
Ugo
U
Limbruno
Daniele
D
Nassiacos
Emanuela
E
Piccaluga
Arturo
A
Raisaro
PierFranco
P
Ravizza
Michele
M
Senni
Erminio
E
Tabaglio
Giuseppe
G
Tarantini
Daniela
D
Trabattoni
Alessandro
A
Zadra
Carmine
C
Riccio
Francesco
F
Bedogni
Oreste
O
Febo
Ovidio
O
Brignoli
Roberto
R
Ceravolo
Gennaro
G
Sardella
Sante
S
Bongo
Pompilio
P
Faggiano
Claudio
C
Cricelli
Cesare
C
Greco
Michele Massimo
MM
Gulizia
Sergio
S
Berti
Francesco
F
Bovenzi
D002309:Cardiology; D003324:Coronary Artery Disease / Q000601:surgery*; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000592:standards*; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000592:standards*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic / Q000592:standards*; D012955:Societies, Medical
health care policy; percutaneous coronary intervention; risk stratification