title: Trends in percutaneous coronary intervention from  2004 to 2013 according to the Portuguese National  Registry of Interventional Cardiology.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the present paper is to report trends in Portuguese interventional cardiology from 2004 to 2013 and to compare them with other European countries.
  
  
  METHODS
  Based on the Portuguese National Registry of Interventional Cardiology and on official data from the Directorate-General of Health, we give an overview of developments in coronary interventions from 2004 to 2013.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In 2013, 36 810 diagnostic catheterization procedures were performed, representing an increase of 34% compared to 2007 and a rate of 3529 coronary angiograms per million population. Coronary interventions increased by 65% in the decade from 2004 to 2013, with a total of 13 897 procedures and a rate of 1333 coronary interventions per million population in 2013. Primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) increased by 265% from 2004 to 2013 (1328 vs. 3524), an adjusted rate of 338 primary PCIs per million, representing 25% of total angioplasties. Stents were the most frequently used devices, drug-eluting stents being used in 73% in 2013. Radial access increased from 4.1% in 2004 to 57.9% in 2013.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Interventional cardiology in Portugal has been expanding since 2004. We would emphasize the fact that in 2013 all Portuguese interventional cardiology centers were participating in the National Registry of Interventional Cardiology, as well as the growth in primary PCI and increased use of radial access.
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mesh_terms: D015906:Angioplasty, Balloon, Coronary; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization / Q000639:trends*; D002309:Cardiology / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000639:trends*; D011174:Portugal; D012042:Registries